Actresses Quotes - Page 22

She [Monica Vitti] was a great actress, but a very difficult person. I am not in contact with her at the moment because she is very sick. Not a generous woman, I have to say. I don't see her much.

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.

I began my career in the arts as a model, before adding my hats as an actress, a photographer, a journalist and now, filmmaker. I've seen and experienced it all.

Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I will be ready for that kind of a decision.

I didn't choose to be an actress

Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure that I'm being paid the right amount for the work that I'm doing?"

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress.

After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?

I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.

I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

I never not wanted to become an actress.

I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow.

You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses going to great lengths to hide their heterosexuality. That’s an unfair double standard.

Dakota Fanning is my favorite actress.

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

I always want to learn and be challenged - and to get better as an actress.