Actress Quotes - page 4

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra. (Angie Dickinson)
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry. View quote
Bettie Page
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people. View quote
Laura Dern
All through my life, I didn't really consider my eyes at all, and then I became an actress. It's great, I guess. They're just in my face, and one is green and one is blue. It's different, and I'm definitely a proponent of being different in any way you can in life, so I guess if you're born a bit different that's a good thing. View quote
Alice Eve
An actress, around 40, on television, that's where you get the most torture, I think. View quote
Lisa Kudrow
I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person. View quote
Lisa Kudrow
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales. View quote
Mike Myers
I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference. View quote
Chloe Grace Moretz
I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing. View quote
Marie Windsor
I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again. View quote
Frances McDormand
My cat is not insane, she's just a really good actress. (P. C. Cast)
The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say. View quote
Patty Duke
I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career. View quote
Donald Pleasence
I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress. View quote
Sarah Paulson
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress. View quote
Portia de Rossi
I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president. View quote
Rachel Corrie
Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house. View quote
Wallace Shawn
I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me. View quote
Hayley Atwell
It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it. View quote
Alanna Ubach
I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star. View quote
Ally Sheedy
Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it. (Amber Tamblyn)
Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress. View quote
Amy Jo Johnson
I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress. View quote
Angela Sarafyan
My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress. View quote
Anjelica Huston
Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband. View quote
Anna Faris