Quotes About Actress

I've made movies all over the world but I really like staying home. I can cook my meals, be a normal person.

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

I love talking about 'Stella.'

I have never planned my career. I never wanted to be an actress. Films were an instinctive step, just like modelling and television.

I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into an imaginary world that I'd seen at a distance for years.

I stepped in for Nicole Kidman in 'Dogville' when she left that film.

I would not mind stepping into movies if it is a good project. If it is changing my career in a good way, then of course I will keep money aside.

In some instances, I don't care what people think. In other instances, I do - especially because of the stereotype. People take a look at me and say, 'She's cute. She's blond. She's an actress. She's a bimbo.' You know? So I take great pains to show I'm intelligent, to show I'm not a twinkie.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

People are quick to stereotype you and very lazy in their imagination to think beyond the first few films a heroine does.

One stereotype I get a lot as an Asian actress is that you're playing the model minority - that Asians are the best, that they're perfect and positively moral all the time.

I want to break the stereotype that when an actress becomes a mother, she can only do certain type of roles.

I know the fact I've worked continuously since drama school means I fit a stereotype - the ingenue.

There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

I am not one of those actresses who says she has no time for love.

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.

My mother Sheela Sharma is an actress and father Subhash Sharma is a producer-director. But I had a normal life while growing up and always kept myself grounded.

Just about every young model and actress is dating somebody in the entertainment field, because these are the people you meet. You're not going to very easily meet a normal person in this line of work.

I love the nostalgic feel of the '80s and, oh, I love Winona Ryder so much. I was such a huge fan of hers growing up, so breathing the same air as her was an honor for sure.

I want filmmakers to notice me, not just as a glam doll but as a human being with all facets of emotions.

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

Even men used to hide their marriages because they used to feel people will not like them anymore. It's the industry which has the false notion that an actor or an actress, if married, is not desirable to the audience.

Honestly, I was always very keen on acting in the South Indian films. I think people here have a notion that Bollywood actresses aren't keen on doing films here but let me tell you, we are.

Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring.