Actresses Quotes - Page 13

• Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicket thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry.

  Vivien Leigh

  Responsibility, Able, Saws

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

  Anne Parillaud

  Motivation, Careers, Roles

  8 Copy quote

• I think when an actress marries she should leave the stage. She cannot be happy if she is married and remains on the stage. She must care more for her art or for her husband.

  Billie Burke

  Art, Husband, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

  Joan Collins

  Theatre, Benefits, Nine

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.

  Penelope Cruz

  Women, Careers, Pretty Woman

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon.

  Penelope Cruz

  Moon, Firsts, Said

  8 Copy quote

• In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

  Penelope Cruz

  Spain, Plans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

  Billie Burke

  Careers, Reason Why, Should

  5 Copy quote

• 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.

  Frances McDormand

  Stars, Character, Simple

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think if I hadn't had the dance background, it would have been much harder as a kid to be like, 'I'm going to be an actress.' But you're involved with one area of the arts and other things interest you. It feels like an easier move.

  Dianna Agron

  Art, Moving, Kids

  "Dianna Agron On Set Interview I AM NUMBER FOUR". collider.com. October 11, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Where is the Scarlett Johansson superhero movie? I don't understand it, why is it taking so long for this? This woman clearly shows that people want to go see her in the movies. ‘Lucy,’ didn't it beat ‘Hercules’ by a lot opening weekend, when it was made for a lot less? She shows that she kicks ass, she's a great actress. ‘Under the Skin’ is an incredible film, and why are we still waiting for a go-ahead on a superhero movie starring Scarlett Johansson?
  To me, it's a no-brainer. You want to make money, put Scarlett Johansson in a superhero movie!

  Jessica Chastain

  Weekend, Long, People

  "Jessica Chastain Calls Out Hollywood, Marvel: ‘Where is the Scarlett Johansson Superhero Movie?’" by Jordan Zakarin, www.thewrap.com. August 27, 2014.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's not that difficult to find the rage or the anger. We all have that in us, and luckily, actors and actresses get to portray it, and it's not frowned upon. Everybody has that in them. Everybody has wanted to kill somebody at one time or another. Everybody has been really, really angry about something, so if you just call on that in yourself, you find it's not that difficult.

  Jessica Walter

  Actors, Rage, Difficult

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.

  Sherilyn Fenn

  Party, Heart, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same.

  Tia Carrere

  People, Needs, Agents

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow.

  Emily Perkins

  Fans, Mia, Woody

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

  Penelope Keith

  Thinking, Theatre, Actors

  9 Copy quote

• I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job.

  Jennifer Grey

  Jobs, Noses, Famous Actress

  "Let's Get Nosy: Who's Had a Nose Job in Hollywood?", www.foxnews.com.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!

  Emma Stone

  Teacher, Crazy, Thinking

  "Emma Stone: Riot Girl" by Jessica Pressler, www.elle.com. June 8, 2011.

  87 Copy quote

  Show source

• Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

  Piper Laurie

  Believe, Names, Acting

  4 Copy quote

• I like Valentino a lot - they never use actresses in their campaigns.

  Emma Watson

  Campaigns, Use, Valentino

  12 Copy quote

• I wasn't one of those girls who always dreamed of being an actress. I went to a normal school and then these film auditioners turned up when I was nine. Then I just fell into this whirlwind.

  Emma Watson

  Girl, School, Nine

  4 Copy quote

• As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

  Rachel Weisz

  Jobs, Able, Imagine

  4 Copy quote

• Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

  Mae West

  Success, Congratulations, Personality

  Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

  Olivia Wilde

  Years, Age, Humans

  "Olivia Wilde Tells Us Her Dos and Don'ts of Turning 30". www.glamour.com. August 5, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

  Olivia Wilde

  Bad Ass, Play, People

  "Olivia Wilde On Turning 30: ‘I’m Welcoming This Development With Open Arms", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2013.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source