“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 can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.” WayFirstsHelpingStarsChanceSleepActressesCan't Sleep Author:Marilyn Monroe
“I loved Cookie [Mueller]. She was a much better writer than actress. She shouldn't have stuck with me in the beginning; she should have immediately become a writer. She would have had more of a chance.” ShouldChanceShould HaveActressesStuckCookies Author:John Waters
“I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.” WantCharacterProcessChanceWork OutActresses Author:Jacqueline Bisset
“I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance to do, even though I had trained to be a stage actress.” WantedChanceStageTheaterActressesLive Theater Author:Angela Lansbury