Actress Quotes
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There have been instances when people have told me that I look too intelligent to be an actress.
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I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress.
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When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
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More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available. She was all that, and more. She had big blue eyes, alabaster skin, a heart-shaped face, a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.
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I blame it never taking a break on my mother. She was a born entertainer. Leave the songwriting, the singing and all that behind, and I still would have found some way to be an entertainer. I would have never been an actress, though, because I realized early in my life, in like sixth grade, I was a terrible actress.
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I love watching faces as they grow up. It's the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women. I like a face that hasn't been tampered with.
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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.
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I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed.
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When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.
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When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
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There's nothing wrong with making little kids happy, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an adult actress. I mean a grown-up actress.
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Before I became an actress, I used to think, 'When I get famous, there's so much love for you. And I think that's what everyone's after with trying to achieve celebrity.
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I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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I think what I've learned most from being an actress is that there's no method. That you have to invent this process over and over and over again, depending on who you're working with and what you're doing.
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I can never remember a time when I didn't want to be an actress, to be honest. And so, all through high school, I knew that I was gonna go to college in Los Angeles. I just didn't know where. And I knew that I was gonna try to get my theater degree.
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Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.
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Any actor or actress that tells you that they don't watch their stuff is lying.
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There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.
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After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?
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I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.
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I think the best decade of my life was between 40 and 50. Forty was the turning point for me as an actress.
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I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.
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How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.
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Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.
