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Actresses Quotes - Page 4

Even when I was young I wanted to be an actress.

Interview with Lauren Brown, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2011.

I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has hopefully made a contribution to something along the way - someone who is a human being as well as an actress.

"From the archives: Screen legend Lauren Bacall expressed a desire to leave her past behind her in 1995 interview with The Vancouver Sun". The Vancouver Sun Interview, www.vancouversun.com. 1995.

I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

"Contender Q&A: Edie Falco and Merritt Wever from 'Nurse Jackie'". Interview with Randee Dawn, articles.latimes.com. June 9, 2010.

The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title

Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden