Actresses Quotes - Page 32

• You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.

  Linda Cardellini

  Character, Doe, Actors

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

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• I decided to an actress because of the film 'La Dolce Vita.

  Maria Grazia Cucinotta

  Film, Dolce Vita, Decided

  The Scene Interview, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.

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• It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.

  Maria Grazia Cucinotta

  People, Different, Chance

  The Scene Interview, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.

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• All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

  Nikki Cox

  Caring, People, Want

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

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• Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead.

  Jenna Dewan

  Careers, Actors, Consumed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.

  Julie Delpy

  Unbearable, Conditions

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• When you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it.

  Julie Delpy

  Hands, People, Trying

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• My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.

  Micky Dolenz

  Mom, Father, Play

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• I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.

  Natalie Dormer

  Internet, Painful, Concerned

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• All through my life, I didn't really consider my eyes at all, and then I became an actress. It's great, I guess. They're just in my face, and one is green and one is blue. It's different, and I'm definitely a proponent of being different in any way you can in life, so I guess if you're born a bit different that's a good thing.

  Alice Eve

  Eye, Blue, Being Different

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• People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

  Jennifer Ehle

  Mother, Fun, People

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• After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I thought, anyway.

  Jennifer Ehle

  Giving Up, Real, Rich Life

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• I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

  Jenna Fischer

  College, Play, Focus

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2011.

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• I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.

  Kate Flannery

  Female, Female Friends, Happens

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• I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

  Kate Flannery

  World, Feels

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• From the time I was very young, maybe five or six, I thought a lot about being an actress. I didn't tell my friends about my ambitions, though, especially when I got older, because I thought they would not receive them well. I never talked about what I wanted to do.

  Louise Fletcher

  Ambition, Six, Young

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

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• I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers. I know that there's some actors who like to be left alone, they like to be very independent, but I actually really enjoy the teamwork.

  Summer Glau

  Teamwork, Independent, Knowing

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 24, 2008.

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• When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot of time alone, I was a very shy girl, and I would pretend I was telling someone about this new role that I got.

  Summer Glau

  Girl, Feelings, Littles

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 24, 2008.

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• It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.

  Ana Gasteyer

  Sorority, Snl, Closest

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

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• I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I even got a scholarship. But by then, I had started modelling. So, I took a year off to decide what to do. But once you are used to working, it's difficult to get back to studies.

  Esha Gupta

  Communication, Years, Law

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• I think as an actress, I prefer having a character on the page. It allows you to be more invested in actually creating a whole person. It's easier when you're not trying to come up with your next line on the spot.

  Greta Gerwig

  Character, Thinking, Creating

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2010.

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• I mean, any time an actress gets to work with another actress, it’s like, “Oh, there are two of us in a movie! How are you? Let’s sit in the hair chair together!” We’re lonely, women.

  Jennifer Garner

  Lonely, Mean, Hair

  "Jennifer Garner Interview - THE KINGDOM". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 27, 2007.

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• My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.

  Jennifer Garner

  Mother, New York, Father

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• We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.

  Johnny Galecki

  Missing, Actors, Chemistry

  "'The Big Bang Theory' Cast On Being Part of an Ensemble". Backstage Interview, www.backstage.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Years, Directors, Conversation

  "Agant Orange: Maggie Gyllenhaal discusses her co-starring role in the new caper film Criminal". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. September 9, 2004.

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