Actresses Quotes - Page 21

• I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.

  Anna Friel

  People, Looks, Making Money

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

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• Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

  Cobie Smulders

  Mother, Mets, Comedic

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• If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think, 'What an actress! What a faker!' That thought embarrasses me so much that I look like s**t in half my photos, and I don't give a f***. What matters to me is that the people in the room leave and say, 'She was cool. She had a good time. She was honest.'

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, What Matters, People

  "Kristen Stewart on the People Who Critique Her Red Carpet Poses: 'I Don't Care About the Voracious, Starving Shit Eaters'". www.vanityfair.com. June 5, 2012.

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• I don’t think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, ‘I’d like to star in the play.’

  Kristen Stewart

  Stars, Thinking, Years

  "Kristen Stewart: Coming on Strong". Interview with Eve Macsweeney, www.vogue.com. January 18, 2011.

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• Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it

  Amber Tamblyn

  Trying, Want, Faces

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• I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress.

  Tara Reid

  Drama, Independent, People

  "13 Questions With Tara Reid". MovieWeb Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.

  Hilary Duff

  Kids, Funny Things, Giving

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• I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind of movies.

  Sara Paxton

  Grease, Musical, Stories

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• For an actress who really hasn't gotten to act for two years, it was like letting a wild dog out of its cage.

  Vanessa Lengies

  Dog, Years, Two

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• When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

  Justine Bateman

  Thinking, Ties, Might

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

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• I have three lives: actress, model, producer. Sometimes I'm aware that there's a fourth life, which is somewhat neglected, which is living a bit.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Three, Sometimes, Producers

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• I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

  Angela Bassett

  Believe, Careers, Calling

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

  Angela Bassett

  School, Three, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was hired to be an actress, not a personality for the press.

  Grace Kelly

  Personality, Presses

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• I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan

  Judd Nelson

  Sports, Roots, Giving

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• Hopefully people will take me more seriously as an actress. That's what I really want to do, it's my passion and it's what I want to be considered to do. I just want to continue to do film, it's what I love.

  Miley Cyrus

  Passion, People, Want

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• I balance things better and don't kill myself so much, but conflict makes me a more interesting actress to watch. The places I go to pull emotions from, I think if you have a perfect, happy life, you just don't have those places. And I want those places. I'm proud of those places.

  Vanessa Marcil

  Happy Life, Thinking, Perfect

  Biography/Personal Quotes, german.imdb.com.

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• I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

  Natasha Henstridge

  Letting Go, Thinking, Stubborn

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• I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress.

  Natasha Henstridge

  Believe, Challenges, Quality

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• I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure, but I'm trying to stick to my guns about what is important to me, and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks I should or shouldn't do.

  Paget Brewster

  Insecure, Gun, Thinking

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• I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to myself.

  Jamie Chung

  Stars, Reality, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I will never forget that there are millions of other people who would be dying to be in my position. I’m not going to be an actress who doesn’t appreciate what she has.

  Shay Mitchell

  People, Appreciate, Dying

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• I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.

  Ana Gasteyer

  Thinking, Connections, Workplace

  "‘Suburgatory’ Star Ana Gasteyer Talks New Show And ‘SNL’ Past". Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.

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• I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

  Dakota Fanning

  Two, Ballerina, Wanted

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• I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself

  Eva Mendes

  Thinking, Proving Yourself, Prove

  "Dreams Came True for Eva Mendes". abcnews.go.com. December 16, 2008.

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