“It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.” FirstsIdeasJobsFunFashionActressesAwfulLabelsMy SisterFirst Love Author:Sienna Miller
“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
“Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If a role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress.” PeopleIfsMayJobsAsksSexRolesViolenceDemandScriptsActressesShockNudity Author:Julie Andrews
“All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because they feel sorry for me! I am an actress. I am a singer. I am a performer. That's what I do! Once I started giving myself a little credit, the whole world opened up.” PeopleMenWorldGivingFeelsLittlesWholeJobsOne DaySorryCreditActressesSingersWhole WorldPerformers Author:Jennifer Lopez
“My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.'” YearsFirstsTwoShowsJobsActingWeekCollegeFirst TimePaidActressesFestivalsJuniorsTwo WeeksJuliusUtahSophomoreJunior YearSophomore YearCalpurnia Author:Katy Mixon
“Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them. And the easier it looks, probably the better you are doing your job.” LooksDoneJobsActorsEasyCommonEasierActressesHousewife Author:Glenda Jackson
“On the surface, it's really easy to dismiss certain characters, but sometimes you find that the most interesting parts are disappointingly shallow. It's your job as an actress to pull that person apart, and work out why they act the way that they do.” WayPersonsSometimesCharacterJobsCertainEasyInterestingWork OutSurfaceActressesShallowMost Interesting Author:Jessica Brown Findlay
“My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.” IfsFirstsCharacterKidsJobsFacesMotherVoiceCareersToo MuchBoxesActressesVideoCartoonCartoon Character Author:Joan Cusack
“I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.” JobsLostRolesActresses Author:Diane Ladd