#actress

I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#because #black #especially #eyes #fighting

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#actress #anything #i #i can #only

I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#i #i can #i think #prove #think

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

#acting #actress #excellent #give #go

A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#actress #artistic #being #big #entitled

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#actress #ago #conversation #cool #difficult

Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone. ↗

— Edward Hall

#actress #bring #case #dynamic #her

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#even #get #i #many #months

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it. ↗

— Valerie Harper

#ego #forget #get #got #i

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#being #complete #experienced #felt #fulfillment