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Quotes About Actress

Thomas had never heard such arrogance from her. She was either a really good actress or had started going crazy. Gained a split personality or two.
~ James Dashner
You know, I just love Grace Kelly. Not because she was a princess, not because she was an actress, not because she was my friend, but because she was just about the nicest lady I ever met. Grace brought into my life as she brought into yours, a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own. No question, I'll miss her, we'll all miss her, God bless you, Princess Grace.
~ James Stewart
She was an actress in the theater of true life, so good that no one suspected what was hidden behind the artfully applied makeup and carefully pinned hairnet.
~ Dorothy Allison
She was an actress in the theater of true life
~ Dorothy Allison
I haven't time and I don't want the money. Why should I? I'm not a dean or an actress.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Perhaps being an actress means that in a situation like this people will constantly be questioning whether the emotions you display are genuine.
~ Dorothy Simpson
Is she a very clever little actress, acting a part? Or is she a genuine semi-moronic suicidal victim?
~ Agatha Christie
Here again, she was amazingly clever. Without make-up of any kind, her features seemed to dissolve suddenly and re-form themselves into those of a famous politician, or a well-known actress, or a society beauty. In each character she gave a short typical speech. These speeches, by the way, were remarkably clever. They seemed to hit off every weakness of the subject selected.
~ Agatha Christie
Preparing for this second shot, the actress playing the daughter (Todoroki Yukiko) asked me, "Mr. Kurosawa, do I just pray for my father's victory?" I replied, "Yes, that's right, but while you're at it, you might as well pray for the success of this picture, too.
~ Akira Kurosawa
It's always agonising to separate my life as an actress and personal life. Just because I'm happy with my acting life doesn't mean I'm happy with my personal life. I'm always making an effort to balance between the two.
~ Son Ye-jin
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
~ Kim Cattrall
But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film.
~ Olivia Thirlby
I live in Surrey, but up until the age of eight I lived in London. And the way I heard about this 'Peter Pan' film was there was an open-call audition that I'd heard about, or read about, and I just thought, 'Oh, I'll go along for the fun.' Because I never dreamed in a million years I'd ever get it.
~ Rachel Hurd-Wood
Whatever its origin, I'd like to see a cure for the Incredibly Shrinking Actress phenomena.
~ Julia Stiles
I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
~ Jack O'Brien
I keep saying that, if Samuel L. Jackson and Bette Davis could have a baby, it would be Taraji P. Henson. To me, she's one of the greatest character actors of our generation, let alone leading ladies. She's just phenomenal in everything she does.
~ Jussie Smollett
You will not get me in one second of an interview criticising another actress for a phenomenal performance.
~ Jodie Whittaker
'Dial Star' is about an aspiring actress who finds the cell phone of AnnaLynne McCord and impersonates her.
~ AnnaLynne McCord
I enjoy modeling. I feel that acting is more fulfilling for me, and you definitely have a lot more to contribute as an actress than you do as a model, but that being said, when I shoot with a really incredible photographer, it's exciting and inspiring.
~ Emily Ratajkowski
I came to Los Angeles only after filming 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' when I was cast in the independent movie 'Delirium.' Director Lee Roy Kunz was looking everywhere for a Russian actress. He saw my photos, and only then he learned where I starred before! Eventually, I spent several months in the U.S., and we made the film quickly.
~ Yuliya Snigir
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
~ Bette Davis
I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite good grades, so people assumed I would go and do a 'normal' job. My dad took me to my first audition for drama school and picked me up without anyone knowing, really.
~ Kimberley Nixon
The most frustrating thing is picking up a script and loving the roles in it except the female ones... It's really annoying and something I've striven to change in the industry.
~ Margot Robbie
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.
~ Portia de Rossi