Actress Quotes

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. (Marilyn Monroe)
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything. View quote
Whoopi Goldberg
If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience. View quote
Tallulah Bankhead
Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress. View quote
Dorothy Parker
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity. View quote
Monica Bellucci
I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress. View quote
Valerie Bertinelli
I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. View quote
Vivien Leigh
It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress. (Jennifer Garner)
You know what's the worst part about being an actress? It's the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I'm not perfect, nobody is. View quote
Preity Zinta
An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that's good enough for one life. View quote
Helen Hayes
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil. View quote
W. C. Fields
I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one. View quote
Brigitte Bardot
There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them. View quote
Marlene Dietrich
There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a proper living and really does make a difference to people's lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I'm an actress. That's hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don't know how I could change things. View quote
Michelle Gomez
At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress. View quote
Marlee Matlin
I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress. View quote
Isabelle Huppert
For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at! View quote
Isabelle Huppert
I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress. (Portia de Rossi)
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. View quote
Olivia De Havilland
I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress. View quote
Amber Tamblyn
I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money. View quote
Anna Friel
It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period. View quote
Christine Lahti