1154 Actress Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion. Hani Furstenberg

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If I get too glam and polished and pretty, people are like, 'Hari, why aren't you speaking up about issues?' And if I start speaking up about issues, people are like, 'Why can't you just be an actress?' Hari Nef

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I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists. Hari Nef

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I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her love it, caring about it. Invest in something, take it seriously and be so wonderful. Hattie Morahan

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Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins are definitely among my top five actresses whose work I aspire to. Hattie Morahan

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I don't think I'm curvaceous. It's simply that most other actresses are really, stupidly tiny. Hayley Atwell

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I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me. Hayley Atwell

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When I decided to become an actress, I think I let some people down. It was a kind of rebellion. Heather Langenkamp

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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost. Hedy Lamarr

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I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress. Helen Mirren

I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else. Helen Mirren

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Do you think I'm going to be one of those flash-in-the-pan actresses? Helen Slater

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As for my favourite actresses, I like Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Hema Malini

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I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract. Hermione Gingold

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I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent on someone brilliant like David Simon to realize that and to give her a forum. Tyler Perry's not interested in that kind of nuance because it doesn't sell. Hilton Als

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I enjoy flitting around between hair colours. I find it fascinating when people think I'm naturally blonde, as I've only been blonde for about two seconds. People pay more attention to you as a blonde; it's also easier for people to assume you're a ditsy young actress. Of course, I am a ditsy young actress - well, maybe not ditsy. Holliday Grainger

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I had such total, unequivocal, enthusiastic encouragement to be an actress. Looking back, I really find that to be a total mystery. Don't ask me why. My father was just in love with the idea that I would be an actress. Holly Hunter

It was scary, and I knew what it was like to be an unemployed actress again. Hunter Tylo

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I told him that I can play it if he wanted to write it, and I would be willing to try and go there emotionally. I did not know as an actress if I would be able to get there, because when you feel really deep emotions or pain, you don't want to go back there. Hunter Tylo

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Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right. Ida Lupino

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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs. Imelda Staunton

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