Actresses Quotes - Page 14

• If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

  Claire Danes

  Thinking, Psychology, Information

  "Claire Danes' Glamour January Issue Cover-Shoot". Glamour interview, www.glamour.com. January 2014.

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• My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

  Bettie Page

  Dark, Victory, Six

  FaceBook post by Bettie Page from Feb 18, 2014

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• Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Funny, Stupid, Epic

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• I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Thinking, Goodness, Changed

  "Michelle Pfeiffer: 'I never had a big game plan'". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2009.

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• I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

  Freida Pinto

  Thinking, Important, Proud

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• As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

  Martha Plimpton

  Poverty, Familiar

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• My mother had been an actress and we came from that world in New York, the theater world and the downtown sort of theater scene, and so I guess we didn't really have what you'd call like a Hollywood kind of life at all.

  Martha Plimpton

  Mother, New York, Hollywood

  "Q & A: Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton on being a child actress, guest stars and Twitter". Interview with Lance Carter, www.dailyactor.com. September 27, 2011.

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• I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.

  Natalie Portman

  Want, Days Off, Like You

  "Natalie Portman says mums "work more than anyone" and admits raising her son is more intense than any role" by Georgina Littlejohn, www.mirror.co.uk. September 30, 2013.

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• I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Teacher, Editing, Directors

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• Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Insane, Nasty, Delightful

  "'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe gets leather-y in racy photo spread" by Jennifer Vineyard, www.mtv.com. July 10, 2007.

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• I am definitely not like the hottest young actress, the most beautiful or whatever. I have my own thing going.

  Emma Roberts

  Beautiful, Young, Hottest

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• I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.

  Julia Roberts

  Actors, World, Oscars

  "It smells like... victory" by Joe Neumaier, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2002.

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• I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.

  Ginger Rogers

  Would Be, Lasts, March

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• I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fey, Actors, Comedy

  "'Gemma Arterton is very much a woman and very maternal': Byzantium's Saoirse Ronan on vampire fantasy thriller flick". Interview with John Hiscock, www.mirror.co.uk. May 31, 2013.

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• I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

  Diana Ross

  Song, Heart, Firsts

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• For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

  Winona Ryder

  Moving, Long, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.

  Winona Ryder

  Fall, Interesting, Lap

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• People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

  Jill Scott

  Believe, Character, Order

  "Jill Scott talks 'Baggage Claim,' Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

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• I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode.

  Sean William Scott

  Jobs, Real, Tv Shows

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• I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Beautiful, Suicidal, Play

  "Chloe Sevigny: the interview" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• I had always wanted to be an actress. I went to summer theater camp from kindergarten on up until high school, and always had the leads in all the plays - even though they were at the YMCA - but it was something I always wanted to do.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Summer, School, Ymca

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• I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

  Amanda Seyfried

  Thinking, Eras, Ends

  "Amanda Seyfried's March 2012 Cover-Shoot Gallery". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2012.

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• I think the good thing about my face is it has always been expressive. With Botox that goes - not what you want as an actress.

  Jane Seymour

  Thinking, Botox, Want

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• I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.

  Jane Seymour

  Character, Wrinkles, Giving

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• Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.

  Wallace Shawn

  Hands, House, Awkward

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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