#actress

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#astray #because #determined #go #going

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#address #afford #being #career #could

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#became #i #kind #never #really

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#actresses #puppets #talk-show-host #tv #movies

I'm an actress, not a pinup. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#i

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#admirer #beautiful #beauty #big #grow

I didn't choose to be an actress. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#choose #i

I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#bit #feel #i #i feel #sings

Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent. ↗

— Kevyn Aucoin

#amazing #another #bad #get #had

As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#another #beat #part #right #whoever