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I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.
I always wanted to be a model, never an actress. I would see children in ads and stuff and wanted to be like them.
You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.
If I were really really ridiculously wealthy, I wouldn’t buy a mansion, just tiny apartments in every city I love.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
I'll always be figuring out what parts I want to play, because I want to play all parts. I'm a very hungry actress.
I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going to be an actress.
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.
Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.
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.
I'd like to keep exploring comedy. I didn't necessarily think of myself as a comedic actress, but it's a lot of fun.
Theres plenty of great independent films to do, but you cant support yourself making independent film as an actress.
It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her.
Just to be working again as an actress and possibly doing TV would just be great. It's not about how big the role is.
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.
That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.
Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself.
As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.
I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.
When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.
In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.
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.
At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.
In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.
I began dancing when I was just 5, and I never really wanted to become an actress because its what every other model does.
I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
I think to be an amazing actress, you have to be present, you have to be in the moment and not thinking about other things.
My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress.
I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.
It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.
What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.
As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.
My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.
When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.
I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon.
Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the same thing.
As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.
she was such a bad actress. she never said her lines rite, it was something perverse in her nature. and wat was her line anyway?
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.
The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.
I've been on 'Days' since I was 16, and being surrounded by such thin, gorgeous actresses made me so insecure and self-conscious.
My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.