Quote by Nikki Cox

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

— Nikki Cox

I go to auditions even now and people say, 'Oh, she's too pretty,' or 'She doesn't look like a small-town girl or a girl…

— Camila Morrone

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest…

— Paula Patton

Not all actresses know how to express their looks, I think. For me, it's an on-again, off-again thing. I'm still struggling.

— Rinko Kikuchi

I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still funny because they're just likeable,…

— Constance Wu

As an actor, you want people to see you as a whole person, not just a single facet of your emotional spectrum. And whether…

— Scott Porter

Most actresses want to look their best on the screen. It's only natural. But many of my roles have called for dreary-looking characters.

— Agnes Moorehead

I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly...I thought all actors…

— Lisa Kudrow

There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting.…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really detracts from…

— Emmy Rossum

One of the things they always say in Hollywood is pretty girls can't be funny. And it used to infuriate me.

— Shanna Moakler

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at.…

— Richard Griffiths