Quotes About Acting

The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.

I've never played a character that is just beautiful, but sometimes you can read scripts that sound so shallow, like women are objects. I've never done something like that, though.

People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age.

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.

I do hope that for the young women watching the show they know it is heightened reality and just grown ups playing teenagers. That's not how it is supposed to go. Just keep it to yourself.

So much is made of good, strong roles for women. Actually, it's really interesting playing vul­nerable people as well.

People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the age of 10.

I love playing idiots. I love very weird, confused women.

I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good.

For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.

What about good small roles for women? I've told my agent, if there are two great scenes in a film, I don't care, if it's something with that great edge to it.

I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a lot. I find it nearly inhuman to be an actress.

I am like many of the women I have played onscreen.

I like to play women who are not strong at all, because, there's certainly plenty of myself that is no kind of a warrior.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.

I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.

I remember when I did Little Women, I didn't watch the Katharine Hepburn one over and over, which I thought I would do. Heathers, I was completely obsessed with.

Acting is completely different from the standup world. You have these 12- or 14-hour days, but you have a great time doing it. It's like hanging out with your friends.

I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.