"At an early school, when I was about……" — Tanith Lee
"At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer."
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59 Quotes by Tanith Lee
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who…
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Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
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I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.
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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
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Pirates have always fascinated me.
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I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every…
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Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
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Im writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary,…
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When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
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People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are…
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the…
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I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film.…
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Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica…
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
— Tallulah Bankhead
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As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will…
— Amy Adams
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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
— Amy Adams
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Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I…
— Amy Adams
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I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in…
— Emmanuelle Beart
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I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be…
— Emmanuelle Beart
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As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.
— Kate Beckinsale
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Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to…
— Monica Bellucci
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