Quotes About Actress

The other suicide had been the actress Clara Blandick, who, one day in 1962, had got her hair fixed up and had carefully done her makeup and put on a formal gown and then pulled a plastic bag over her head and smothered herself. She was chiefly remembered for having played Auntie Em in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz.

The Furies?" Zara said. "The Erinyes? The terrible ones?" At Nikki's look of surprise, Zara rolled her eyes. "I'm an actress, woman, remember? I've read the classics. Christ, I'm starring in motherfucking Medea, in case you hadn't noticed." "Oedipus was the mother-fucking one," the disheveled old lady said, sounding pleased with herself. "Not Medea.

Marrying a 'mercurial, dramatic, shouty and difficult' actress who demanded a role in his films had been a challenge.110

In her fantasy, the unknown actress cast herself as a celebrity coping with the chore of recognition and being pestered for photos.117 In reality, little had changed since she left school.

I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people who's automatically going to be the lead. I always saw myself as the mate.

I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.

I always liken myself to the bearded lady. Because I'm an actress turned musician, a woman doing male-dominated rock & roll... I'm the oddity at the freak show, you know?

I was fired from a movie because I did 'Heathers!' I was cast in a movie, and the director saw an advance screening and was offended by it and fired me.

If you're a sexy actress, it's hard to get serious roles. You get offered the same thing they've seen you in. People are like sheep, and they're like, 'Oh, that's what she does well.'

When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort of male gaze-skewed. It's all working out for the beach and not for function at all.

Once you get into your 40s, you're no longer leading-lady age. Generally, those roles get offered to women in their 20s and 30s.

As an actress, I am happy that people are offering me good roles and I am earning success critically and commercially.

As an actress I am totally open to offers as an individual and want to treat every opportunity with same spirit.

Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.

Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.

Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.

I love Olivia De Havilland. She is forever a lady.

Everything Olivia Colman touches turns to gold, she's just so brilliant.

I love Olivia Coleman! I'm a massive fan of her.

I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.

I'm enjoying being a woman on-screen.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

As an actress, I want to live many lives on-screen.

I have always stuck to my on-screen image and I have no complaints as I have got some meaty roles coming my way.