#actress

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#done #even #films #hollywood #hollywood films

I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#actress #after #career #could #everything

You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#angry #because #become #certain #club

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#actress #after #angeles #been #clothes

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life. ↗

— Alicia Vikander

#always #been #life #mother #my life

We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received a TV Guide award for favorite actress on television. ↗

— Roma Downey

#award #favorite #first #great #guide

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#appeals #because #behavioral #i #i love

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#actress #because #been #complain #got

As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself. ↗

— Rachel True

#also #as far as #balance #be true #between

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world. ↗

— Julie Walters

#escaping #i #into #why #world