Actresses Quotes - Page 24

• The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?

  Ruth Gordon

  Mean, Kissing, Kiss Of Death

  Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”

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• But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time... The style of filmmaking and the performances ... you don't feel like you're watching a film.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Perspective, Style, Influence

  "My Favorite Movie: Olivia Thirlby" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. September 22, 2012.

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• A set of Bollywood actresses are coming through Dallas soon in a live tour; I'd pay a lot to see them, but alas, I'm fully booked elsewhere.

  Bruce Sterling

  Bollywood, Dallas, Pay

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• I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.

  Anton Chekhov

  Seagull

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• It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold ones audience.

  D. W. Griffith

  Art, Years, Two

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• I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

  Dee Wallace

  Wanted

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• I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’ portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find.

  Natalie

  Real, Reading, Process

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• I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

  Megan Gallagher

  Produce, Anxious, Direct

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• A magazine feature can reach hundreds of thousands of potential customers for a fashion brand. The way to reach a billion? Dress the actresses competing for attention at a highly televised event.

  Tamara Mellon

  Fashion, Events, Dresses

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• I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.

  Eleanor Mondale

  Dad, Kids, Thinking

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• And I don’t want to turn actress. I want to do both. I wouldn’t have built the confidence to do acting if I didn’t model.

  Dree Hemingway

  Acting, Want, Turns

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• The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.

  Sally Kirkland

  Thinking

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• Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Art, Appreciate, Acting

  "Ellen Burstyn - part two". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000.

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• We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!

  Paz Vega

  Dancer, Typical, Singers

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• I felt, this is what I want to be in my life. I want to be an actress.

  Paz Vega

  Want, Felt

  "Spanish actress talent translates well" by Hugh Hart, www.sfgate.com. December 12, 2004.

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• I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. If acting doesn't work out, I'd love to produce or direct or write. I just want to stay in this business, definitely. That would be my number one thing. I always want to be an actress.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Writing, Numbers, Careers

  "Chloe Moretz Exclusive Interview LET ME IN; Plus Updates on EMILY THE STRANGE, HUGO CABRET, HICK and THE RUT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2010.

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• I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career.

  Donald Pleasence

  Careers, Wonderful, Jamie

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• I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes and actresses and singers. What did they stand for? I wondered: Had the time for heroes passed?

  Eric Greitens

  Hero, Athlete, People

  Eric Greitens (2012). “The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There's no point putting your heart and soul into a part when you know in advance it isn't worth the trouble. I'm not speaking as a dedicated actress. Enthusiasm and hard work are requisites for any job a person undertakes. I tried working just for money once and it made me almost physically ill.

  Lizabeth Scott

  Jobs, Hard Work, Heart

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

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• Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.

  Mark Goddard

  Hell, Terrific

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• I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

  Kristin Davis

  Strong, Talking, Directors

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• When I started off as an actress, I did at a play at the Taper Too Theatre here in Los Angeles, called 'In The Abyss Of Coney Island.' That was more of a dramatic play. It was a small theater house. This was the first time I was literally on the road, doing a play, for four months.

  Vivica Fox

  Islands, Play, House

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. February 17, 2010.

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• I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president.

  Rachel Corrie

  Mother, Teacher, Distance

  Rachel Corrie (2009). “Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie”, p.16, W. W. Norton & Company

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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.

  Veronica Lake

  Cutting, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Veronica Lake

  Hair, Used, Cheesecake

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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