Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maisie Williams

I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.

Joan Blondell

I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you.

Chloe Sevigny

For some reason the public has embraced me as a fashion icon, and I feel like it has diminished me as an actress. Or I don't get as much recognition as an actress -- and that upsets me.

From our first meeting I was very impressed by her. She clearly had more potential as a dramatic actress than one would think, given her comedic performance on Friends .

Cesar Romero

I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.

Catherine Deneuve

I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.

Catherine Deneuve

I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.

Catherine Deneuve

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

Cherie Lunghi

I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress.

Diablo Cody

Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.

Ellen Burstyn

When you've been an actress for 45 years as I have, it's a feast or famine life and I thought that maybe it was time now to have a steady gig!

Hayley Kiyoko

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

Marian Seldes

I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.

Natasha Richardson

I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.

Bipasha Basu

For me, modelling has been an advantage because if I hadn't been modelling, I would never have been spotted as an actress. I didn't have any intention of becoming an actress.

Keira Knightley

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

Aileen Quinn

Just to be working again as an actress and possibly doing TV would just be great. It's not about how big the role is.

Blythe Danner

Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.

Lesley Ann Warren

I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'

Elizabeth Wilson

I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parts and work on a lot of things. That was my unconscious choice. I wanted to be an undercover actress.

Esha Gupta

While I was growing up, all the boys used to be my buddies. I never got that special kind of attention from them, and I was the tomboy around. Although I've become an actress today, I still have those traits.

Edward Hall

Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone.

Kim Cattrall

Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have to work out, you have to look - you rarely get to play someone who's just human, who's real, who is overweight, even not grossly overweight, but who has aspects of just everyday life.

Kathy Baker

I worry about my face not having expression. I've never been known for glamour, so it's probably easier for me than it is for someone who has been known for her incredible beauty and glamour. I always wanted to be Geraldine Page, who was just a fabulous actress with just a nice, normal, expressive face.

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.

Jane Asher

I know some actresses who used to be older than me who are now younger than me - I don't know how they do it.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.

Kerry Condon

Sometimes I think I don't want to grow old as an actress and deal with the fact that I'm getting less jobs 'cause my face is changing, and then the men... But at the same time, I'm pretty competitive. I don't know if I'd bow out. I might still be acting when I'm in a wheelchair.

Katie McGrath

I loved every minute of working in wardrobe. But I love being an actress so much more. I don't think I was very good in costume, so it's better that I prefer being an actress.

Bea Arthur

I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

Keshia Knight Pulliam

I would love to be remembered as a wonderfully dynamic and multitalented actress who left a legacy through her work and through her life of helping people and of being a positive force in the world.

Kate Winslet

My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.

Miranda Otto

When I did A Doll's House I felt like I learnt so much, ... That's another reason to do this, I wanted to push myself and see what else I could learn from doing it. Because Robyn's an actress as well, I feel like I learn a lot of technique and things from her.