Kasi Lemmons Quotes
I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
Paget Brewster
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
India de Beaufort
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I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.
Rakul Preet Singh
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When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
Rachel Ward
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I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
Sally Kirkland
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That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
Yasmine Al Masri
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
Barry Goldwater
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I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.
Rachel Ward
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There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that.
Karisma Kapoor
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When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
Odeya Rush
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I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.
Natasha Henstridge
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I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.
Barry Jenkins
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We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.
Calvin Klein
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I'm a filmmaker. I like to ask the questions, make others feel vulnerable. I don't want to be vulnerable.
Jimmy Chin
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn Monroe
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To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I'm always, like, just in it. It's like, 'Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I'm so happy.'
Ariana Grande
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The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.
Daniel Berrigan
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Never act like you want it, darlin'. Act like you wouldn't own it if they paid you. Tell them it's dirty, broken...a useless thing. Then make an offer.
Billie Letts
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As an actress I feel that if you start to impose your own inhibitions, then you are not doing your job.
Sienna Miller
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
Tara Reid
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Music is another great pleasure of life. I like all sorts.
Karolina Kurkova
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I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.
Kasi Lemmons