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Quotes by Actress

"I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me."

"I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

24

"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."

"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."

Kate Mulgrew, American Actress

Marriage, Character, Actor, Respect

24

"I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are."

"I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are."

Michelle Hunziker, Swiss Actress

24

"But that's one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn't work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time."

"But that's one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn't work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time."

Bea Arthur, American Actress

Time, Work, Luxury

24

"If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death."

"If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death."

Julia Ormond, British Actress

24

"I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian."

"I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

24

"My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two."

"My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two."

Edie Falco, American Actress

Lie, Lies, Personality

24

"I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a real well-respected actress whom people know they can rely on to do a good job... whether they like me as a person or not!"

"I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a real well-respected actress whom people know they can rely on to do a good job... whether they like me as a person or not!"

Lynda Carter, American Actress

People, Goals, Job, Right

24

"I'm not any good at foul language or anything like that."

"I'm not any good at foul language or anything like that."

Thora Hird, British Actress

24

"I love to work."

"I love to work."

Shelley Morrison, American Actress

24

"But theatre is always a difficult experience."

"But theatre is always a difficult experience."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Experience, Theatre

24

"We all have such common ways to identify with each other, and I think when you approach music in that organic way, it's almost indescribable how it connects human to human and heart to heart."

"We all have such common ways to identify with each other, and I think when you approach music in that organic way, it's almost indescribable how it connects human to human and heart to heart."

Debby Boone, American Actress

24

"Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping."

"Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping."

Dana Delany, American Actress

Business, Advertising, Now, Television

24

"Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is."

"Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is."

Yvonne Craig, American Actress

24

"You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing."

"You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing."

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Man, Trying, World

24

"I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack."

"I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack."

Molly Ringwald, American Actress

24

"It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it."

"It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Work, Act, Being, Example

24

"I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance."

"I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance."

Jessie Matthews, British Actress

Performance, Comedy

24

"I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession."

"I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession."

Simone Signoret, German Actress

Family, Actor, Day, First

24

"No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child."

"No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child."

Charlotte Cushman, American Actress

Work, Time, Character, Artist

24

"I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality."

"I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality."

Christina Ricci, American Actress

Actor, Day, Present, Reality

24

"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"

"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"

Debbie Allen, American Actress

24

"I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma."

"I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Change, Faith, God, People

24

"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older."

"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older."

Anouk Aimee, French Actress

24

"I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck."

"I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck."

Marisa Tomei, American Actress

24

"I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding."

"I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

24

"Being born again means you have a new concept of yourself."

"Being born again means you have a new concept of yourself."

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

24

"I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little."

"I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little."

Estelle Getty, American Actress

24

"A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal."

"A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal."

Nancy McKeon, American Actress

People, Force, Police, Respect

24

"You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance."

"You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance."

Marisa Tomei, American Actress

24

"Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept."

"Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept."

Laurette Taylor, American Actress

24

"She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything."

"She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything."

Ashley Olsen, American Actress

Friendship, Friend

24

"I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be."

"I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Belief, Beliefs, Radical

24

"To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?"

"To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?"

Anne Parillaud, French Actress

24

"Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me."

"Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Movies, Quality, Actors, Reality

24

"You have to be very careful with women friends."

"You have to be very careful with women friends."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

Woman, Women, Friends

24

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

24

"I'd like to play nothing but good characters."

"I'd like to play nothing but good characters."

Joan Leslie, American Actress

24

"That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about."

"That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

Trust, Work, People, Idea

24

"It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something."

"It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something."

Faith Ford, American Actress

24

"I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do."

"I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do."

Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress

24

"Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream."

"Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream."

Debby Boone, American Actress

Dream, Dreams, Change, Nothing

24

"One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel."

"One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

Women, Identity, Confidence, Equality

24

"Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter."

"Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

24

"I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen."

"I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen."

Glynis Johns, British Actress

American, Majority, Play

24

"One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work."

"One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work."

Claudia Black, Australian Actress

Work, Difficulties

24

"My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!"

"My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!"

Brett Somers, Canadian Actress

24

"Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision - from the neck to the navel."

"Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision - from the neck to the navel."

Donna Reed, American Actress

Decision, Today, Will

24

"And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?"

"And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?"

Marliece Andrada, American Actress

24

"A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man."

"A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man."

Cynthia Nixon, American Actress

24

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