Actress Quotes - page 6

Actresses are nightmares. I don't hang out with any of them. That's a problem with my profession. I try not to be like an actress. (Gina Gershon)
As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all. View quote
Gene Tierney
The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title. View quote
Gene Tierney
I used up every cent I earned as an actress. View quote
Gene Tierney
Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique. View quote
Hattie McDaniel
I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress. View quote
Illeana Douglas
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense? View quote
Imelda Staunton
After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I thought, anyway. View quote
Jennifer Ehle
I dont know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. Its more than talent and beauty. Maybe its the audience seeing itself in you. View quote
Joan Blondell
I don't remember sitting down and saying, 'This is why I want to be - an actress.' I just knew. It was never a conscious decision or a revelation. View quote
Joanne Whalley
I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldnt do it, but it was probably the best thing Ive ever done. (Jaclyn Smith)
A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part. View quote
Jacqueline Bisset
I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard. View quote
Jacqueline Emerson
Hitch suggested a name actress to play Marion because the bigger the star the more unbelievable it would be that we would kill her. View quote
Joseph Stefano
It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her. View quote
Josh Dallas
I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there. View quote
Jaime King
As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress. View quote
Jurnee Smollett
Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent. View quote
Kevyn Aucoin
I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City. View quote
Kim Dickens
Growing up as a child actress, there was much I got to do and yet so much that I missed out on. Therefore, when I had kids, I made it a point to make sure that they could do anything and everything that they dreamed of. A great education was definitely right at top of my list! View quote
Kim Richards
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct. (Kate Burton)
Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted out a master plan for following my dreams. View quote
Kathryn Joosten
My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.' View quote
Katy Mixon
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things. View quote
Linda Cardellini
It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress. View quote
Lisa Nicole Carson