Actress Quotes
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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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I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.
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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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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
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I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!
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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'd really love to be a versatile, chameleon-like actress, stretching myself a bit.
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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 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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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 was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.
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I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.
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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 am always friendly with my co-actors and even other actresses, too.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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What the public expects to encounter in an actress passed 70 is the sum of her experience, not her beauty.
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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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I always feel like I'm an actress.
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I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.
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I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.
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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.
