Actresses Quotes - Page 38

• I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship with her, we both came from an extensive theater background.

  Joan Allen

  Thinking, Ties, Years

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• I just think that beautiful people don't have it as hard, you know? They just don't know what rejection's like. That's why super models aren't good actresses, because they don't need anything. If someone is beautiful and she's needy, she's probably had a terrible childhood.

  Rob Schneider

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

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• Happy Birthday to Fay Wray, a wonderful actress. She was, of course, in the movie 'King Kong' and would have been 99-years-old today. She was famous because of her love interest with a giant ape, and, wait a minute, that's Maria Shriver.

  David Letterman

  Kings, Years, Waiting

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• I loved being on the other side of the camera. I loved watching another actress in the spotlight, do an extraordinary job, and I loved making her beautiful and interesting, protecting her emotions, and showing people her talent.

  Angelina Jolie

  Beautiful, Jobs, Protecting Her

  "Angelina Jolie IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 19, 2011.

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• I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language.

  Angelina Jolie

  Theatre, Tape, Language

  "Maleficent - Angelina Jolie interview". Interview with Jason Palmer, Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• People always feel like there's a big split between TV and films: I'm a television actress, I'm a film actress. Maybe that's how it was but I feel like there's not that separation anymore. And actors are able to kind of flow between both worlds - and connect to both audiences.

  Cobie Smulders

  People, Actors, Television

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Usually I don't get specific advice from certain actors or actresses I work with.

  Kaitlyn Dever

  Advice, Actors, Certain

  Source: collider.com

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• Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.

  Kaitlyn Dever

  Fun, Actors, Easy

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm about to graduate senior year and I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose the momentum with what I'm doing now as an actress.

  Kaitlyn Dever

  Senior, Years, Momentum

  Source: collider.com

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• I think to be a true style icon, you just have to dress yourself. There are so many actresses floating around who have people picking out their outfits for them; that's hard for me to wrap my head around or celebrate.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Thinking, Icons, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U.S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky.

  Nina Dobrev

  Dream, Thinking, Lucky

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• When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature.

  Lea Seydoux

  Girl, Strong, Character

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• I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that had to do with the raising my parents gave me and my sister - Veronica Cartwright, who's an actress in her own right.

  Angela Cartwright

  Thinking, Discipline, Parent

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• I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

  Claudia Cardinale

  Self, Important, Body

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• Sometimes I'll watch an old movie on television and, once in a while, one of mine, such as April Showers, will come on and I'll watch it. And you know something? I'm always amazed at what a lousy actress I was. I guess in the old days we just got by on glamour.

  Ann Sothern

  Watches, Television, April

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• Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride through the overlapping underworlds of B&D magazines, Hollywood noir, and early political liberation movements that inspired actress Maila Nurmi to challenge a postwar culture bent on stifling women's choices, bodies, and desires. This book is a subversive masterpiece.

  Sheri Holman

  Dream, Book, Political

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• There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that.

  Karisma Kapoor

  Missing, Ready

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• An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Actors

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• If CASA?s board, which includes such scientific experts as actress Jamie Lee Curtis, wants to tell the world that drinking is bad for you, that?s their prerogative? But there?s no excuse for political activism masquerading as science.

  Bill Vaughan

  Drinking, Political, Abuse

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• I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater

  Tavis Smiley

  Musical, Theater, Wanted

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The lead actress is like the host of the party, but when you're the lead actress and you're a producer, you're really throwing the party. You have so much control in making sure everyone is having a really good time and everyone is heard.

  Shiri Appleby

  Party, Good Times, Host

  Source: collider.com

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• Her [ Onata April] great talent as an actress is that she has the ability to understand and listen to the scenario and what the story is, and then she can pretend and live that.

  David A. Siegel

  Stories, April, Talent

  Source: collider.com

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• A lot of actresses like to repeat things over - and I don't once I've been there and done that. I like to see what the next thing is that comes along.

  Kim Basinger

  Done, Next, Repeats

  "Kim Basinger on her '11th Hour' role: 'I wanted to portray being maternal, which is so powerful and innate in a woman’s psyche'". Interview with Gary M. Kramer, www.salon.com. June 12, 2015.

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• She [Monica Vitti] was a great actress, but a very difficult person. I am not in contact with her at the moment because she is very sick. Not a generous woman, I have to say. I don't see her much.

  Giovanna Cau

  Sick, Moments, Monica

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Beautiful, Stars, Careers

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