Actress Quotes
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I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
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I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.
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I'd really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.
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To be perfectly honest with you, having a mother as an actress -- who I watched struggle tremendously during my childhood -- and to watch fluctuations of ups and downs is difficult. She did mainly television, so I think I associated that with a life of inconsistency. As I've come into my own, I realize it has nothing to do with the medium. It has broadened my horizons in my own mind and ultimately it is about the character for me. If I read something and I fall in love with the character, no matter what it is, I'm eager to do it. That is what happened with Gwen [on "Angel"].
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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.'
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I think I've developed into an actress because I've worked darn hard at it and I've learned a great deal from a lot of gifted people. And if I have nothing else to show for my life, apart from a scrapbook full of cuttings, I have the knowledge that my early days in Hollywood weren't in vain.
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I am always friendly with my co-actors and even other actresses, too.
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At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.
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There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I'm probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron?
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As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.
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I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
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I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.
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I always feel like I'm an actress.
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Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.
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I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
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I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.
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I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.
