“When you're an actor or actress in this business, usually the natural progression is to direct, but a lot of times, we don't get a chance to get to it. Myself, I really want to get into it. I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera.” WantPersonsActorsNaturalChanceFrontsDirectCamerasActressesProgression Author:Jamie Foxx
“You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set.” PeopleLightSexSceneCamerasActressesFlying Author:Sheryl Lee
“But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you're doing it on the red carpet, you're doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.” IfsLooksDifferentRealAsksOpinionMillionsRedCamerasActressesAsk MeDesignerCarpetFurRed CarpetFaux Author:AnnaLynne McCord
“I loved being on the other side of the camera. I loved watching another actress in the spotlight, do an extraordinary job, and I loved making her beautiful and interesting, protecting her emotions, and showing people her talent.” PeopleJobsBeautifulSidesInterestingEmotionTalentCamerasExtraordinaryActressesSpotlightProtecting Her Author:Angelina Jolie
“I think, on both sides of the camera or the novel: Distraction. I'm obsessed with: Can I get this actress or my third act to work? I'm distracted. I'm interested in that so I don't sit home and think, "Gee, life is meaningless. We're all going to die. The universe is pulling apart at breakneck speed."” ThinkingHomeLife IsDiesUniverseSidesNovelThirdsCamerasSpeedActressesObsessedDistractionMeaninglessPullingBoth SidesDistracted Author:Woody Allen
“Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.” HardFilmFeltStageFrontsComfortableCamerasActresses Author:Blythe Danner
“I loved having a crew. I loved being the person who woke at six in the morning and knew where to put the camera. I loved watching the actresses cry, and to know that if you were clever and didn't do too many rehearsals, that it just came that way.” IfsKnowsWayPersonsMorningCrySixCamerasActressesCleverCrewRehearsal Author:Jane Birkin
“The camera course was a bit crap. But when I was in drama school, I wasn't interested. I wanted to be a stage actress. I was not interested in learning camera craft. But then you throw yourself in the deep end when you do get a job in front of the camera because you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, and it is a skill.” IdeasEndsWantedSchoolJobsCoursesBitsStageFrontsDramaSkillsCamerasActressesCraftsNo IdeaNot InterestedCrap Author:Phoebe Fox
“Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and more comfortable in front of the camera than away from it.” StillsFrontsComfortableCamerasPatientActresses Author:Richard Avedon
“When you're kissing on camera, it becomes an issue visually. It looks like a skinny dinosaur creature is trying to kiss someone. It doesn't look good. It does not look like the classic romance kisses. If an actress is 5'3" and I don't bend down to kiss her, she would probably be kissing my lower sternum.” IfsTryingLooksDoeRomanceIssuesCreaturesKissingCamerasActressesClassicSkinnyDinosaurs Author:David Walton
“I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.” FeelsLooksPlayBeautifulCamerasActressesUnhappyInsecuritySuicidalChloeHam Author:Chloe Sevigny
“You know, everyone says, 'Modeling and acting are so similar'... they say, 'It's so natural for models to become actresses because they use the camera.' I don't think of it in that way.” ThinkingKnowsWayUseNaturalActingModelsCamerasActressesModeling Author:Gisele Bundchen
“I don't really diet or anything. I'm miserable when I'm dieting and I like the way I look. I'm really sick of all these actresses looking like birds I'd rather look a little chubby on camera and look like a person in real life, than look great on screen and look like a scarecrow in real life.” WayLooksLittlesPersonsRealBirdSickCamerasActressesScreensReal LifeMiserableDietsDietingScarecrow Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!” WorldBeautifulGreaterFrontsListeningCamerasActressesJust BeingBeautiful Music Author:Isabelle Huppert
“I became super claustrophobic with Hollywood. I don't like Hollywood. I don't like what it represents. I think that Hollywood is great if you're an actor, actress, established. But for reality people or what people perceive as reality, it's tough. People are constantly discrediting everything you put on camera.” PeopleIfsThinkingRealityActorsToughHollywoodCamerasActressesPerceive Author:Brody Jenner