Actresses Quotes - Page 31

• Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?"

  Annette Bening

  Mean, Opportunity, People

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

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• We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.

  Annette Bening

  Mom, Kids, Trying

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

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• I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way.

  Annette Bening

  New York, Mean, Winning

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

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• I got to work with Jennifer Tilly, she was amazing. Such, such a smart actress.

  April Bowlby

  Smart, Jennifer

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

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• Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

  Berenice Bejo

  World, Want, Silent

  "Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo THE ARTIST Interview". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 23, 2011.

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• It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

  Christine Baranski

  Great Times

  "Christine Baranski: Busy lady, Grinch love interest", www.cnn.com. November 20, 2000.

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• Security has no place in the life of an actress.

  Claire Bloom

  Security

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• Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

  Demian Bichir

  Beautiful, Girl, Thinking

  "Actor Demian Bichir Talks Hollywood, Scarlett, Oscars & Being Latino". Interview with S.J. Main, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2012.

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• I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are ever likely to be up for the same part!

  Kelly Brook

  Thinking, League, Dames

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• My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.

  Laura Benanti

  Mother, Teacher, Father

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• I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do.

  Maria Bello

  Selfish, World, Helping

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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.

  Meredith Baxter

  Beautiful, Sexy, Mother

  Meredith Baxter (2011). “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”, p.16, Crown Archetype

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• I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

  Rose Byrne

  Character

  "Sunshine - Rose Byrne interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and better and better and better.

  Rose Byrne

  Blessed, Character, Long

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• I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Mom, Right Now, Part Time

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• I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

  Jennifer Coolidge

  Careers, Roles, Want

  "Busy `Robots' Actress Shows She's An Acting Machine". Interview with Barry Koltnow, articles.orlandosentinel.com. March 12, 2005.

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• When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.

  Jennifer Coolidge

  Play, Fake, Actors

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

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• I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed.

  Asia Argento

  Lazy

  "Wild child" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2005.

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• It was not easy for my mother, being a struggling actress and raising a child. We were these two sort of vagabonds, never knowing where the money was going to come from. She always says she couldn't afford a babysitter, which is why she put me on the stage.

  Christina Applegate

  Mother, Children, Struggle

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

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• It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life. They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don't want that to happen to me.

  Dianna Agron

  People, Too Much, Way

  "Dianna Agron: It’s Really Sad Looking at Lindsay Lohan". Cosmopolitan Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 08, 2011.

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• I know some actresses who used to be older than me who are now younger than me - I don't know how they do it.

  Jane Asher

  Used, Know How, Knows

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• The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.

  Jane Asher

  Play, Done, Rehearsal

  "Jane Asher: this much I know". Interview with Alex Clark, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.

  Priyanka Chopra

  School, Missing, World

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• I'm a huge fan of Jessica Lange and 'American Horror Story.' I would love to work with her. She's been one of my favorite actresses for a while.

  Anna Camp

  Horror Stories, Fans, American Horror Story

  "Anna Camp, ‘Pitch Perfect’ Actress, On A Capella, ‘The Mindy Project’ And Why It’s ‘Refreshing To See Women Getting Messy’". Interview With Emma Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2012.

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• Some of the things I've seen a lot of my female-actress friends who are relatively famous receive - I've seen some hideous things. Like some really, really bad things... like, the FBI should be contacted immediately.

  Elisha Cuthbert

  Female, Should, Fbi

  "Elisha Cuthbert says people will 'get a kick out of' Abduction Flick" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. July 11, 2007.

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