Quotes on Actresses

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn't be working with me.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if_x000D_ you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

There is no doubt that the princess did become a queen---not only on the screen. One of the most loved, one of the most skillful, one of the most intelligent, one of the most sensitive, charming actresses---and friends, in my life---but also in the later stages of her life, the UNICEF ambassador to the children of the world. The generosity, sensitivity, the nobility of her service to the children of the world and the mothers of the world will never be forgotten.

I don't believe makeup and the right hairstyle alone can make a woman beautiful. The most radiant woman in the room is the one full of life and experience.

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

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

I love watching faces as they grow up. It's the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women. I like a face that hasn't been tampered with.

I don't condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You're the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.

It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.