Actresses Quotes - Page 36

• I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!

  Kerry Washington

  College, Islands, Volunteer

  "2012 Democratic Convention: Stars Take Center Stage on Final Day" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 6, 2912.

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• I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone.

  Peta Wilson

  Accidents

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• If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

  Sela Ward

  Running, Fortune, Company

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• I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Character, Feels, Comfortable

  "Melanie Lynskey: I’m drawn to the weirdos". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. December 11, 2009.

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• I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Character, Thinking, Body

  "Sanaa Lathan Finds Her Way Back to Vera Stark". Interview with Brian Scott Lipton, www.theatermania.com. September 21, 2012.

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• My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

  Sheryl Lee

  Important, Directors, Stories

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

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• Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

  Susan Lucci

  Play, Lucky, Roles

  "As 'All My Children' Ends, Susan Lucci Says Goodbye". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. September 23, 2011.

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• I am the luckiest actress on the planet.

  Susan Lucci

  Planets

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• Being married to two extremely high profile, you know, actresses, and being sort of chased by, you know, paparazzi and people, it's a whole different dynamic happens to a relationship when that happens. All of a sudden, things get a little crazy, a little crazy.

  Tommy Lee

  Crazy, Two, People

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• You're always compared to someone, especially when you're a French actress.

  Virginie Ledoyen

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• Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

  Zoe Lister-Jones

  People, Actors, Actors And Actresses

  "Zoe Lister-Jones Talks LOLA VERSUS, Her Ambitions to Direct and Write a Novel, and Her Next Film MOTHERFUCKER". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 7, 2012.

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• 'Dial Star' is about an aspiring actress who finds the cell phone of AnnaLynne McCord and impersonates her.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Stars, Phones, Cells

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

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• I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Imagine, Wanted

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

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• I knew I wanted to be an actress when I was 9 years old.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Years, Wanted

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

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• Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Dad, Children, Kids

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

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• But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you're doing it on the red carpet, you're doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Real, Fur, Looks

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

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• I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was.

  Elisabeth Moss

  Boys, Thinking, Inspire

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• I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.

  Elisabeth Moss

  Thinking, Long, Inspire

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

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• I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career yet. It's hard to see past that. I'm not so sure that's smart in the long run.

  Allison Williams

  Running, Smart, Past

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• I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor.

  Allison Williams

  Thinking, People, Important

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• I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to be a raconteur. I also come to writing as a professional actress whose body has been trained to listen and smell and inhabit characters without judgment.

  Rebecca Wells

  Children, Character, Writing

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• As a kid, I never thought I'd be an actress. Never, ever, ever, no way. I was really shy - bordering on social disorder shy - and I was really academic.

  Rebel Wilson

  Kids, Shy, Way

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• Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Thinking, Hollywood Films, Done

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

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• I’m always so impressed with these actresses with their perfect make-up and hair and sometimes I’m very aware that I’m not like that. But I don’t think I can do things any other way. I would be wearing a disguise if I started to apply that stuff.

  Clemence Poesy

  Thinking, Hair, Perfect

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