Actress Quotes
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I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.
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I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.
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Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.
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I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well.
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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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I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding.
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I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.
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Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
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I think, as an actress, whether you want to or not, whether you're ready for it or not, people are going to look at what you're doing, and they are going to look up to you, and it's not even really about you; it's who you portray on the screen.
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Sometimes, an actress maybe knows how to think.
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I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.
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I'm the first to admit that I never achieved my potential as an actress.
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I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!'
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Sometimes I feel more like an actress and sometimes more like a singer. To be honest I can’t really choose between the two. For me the one compliments the other.
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I've never been the kind of actress that just likes to show up and say my lines. I'm fascinated by what the crew does.
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I'm just an actress, so I can leave my work when I leave the set. I don't get strange calls in the middle of the night, and I don't have tons of responsibility.
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The longer you live, the smarter you get because you've been around. You've seen things. You've gone through different emotional experiences in your own life, and hopefully, you understand things better. And that makes you a better actress.
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I think it's so hard to get really, really strong parts where the actress can act. It's rare.
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For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.
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I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress.
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Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
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I still don't know what genre I fit into. I want to try my hand at different things and find out what I am best at. I want to discover myself as an actress.
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I find it irresponsible to go, 'She's an actress, what does she know?' That means if you're a dentist, what do you know? If you're a lawyer, what do you know? It's our profession, it's what we do. It's not who we are.
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I just want to do a good job with each role that I take and continue to better myself as an actress because that's what I love about this job... being able to act and work with so many different people on such a wide range of projects.
