“If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.” IfsKnowsPersonsNamesLuckyActresses Author:Paula Patton
“I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.” EnoughDreamImpossibleStageLuckyPerformancesExcitedActressesReally GreatJuiceTrust MeGet RealPipeGreat PerformanceImpossible DreamPipe Dreams Author:Olivia Thirlby
“Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.” PlayFeltRolesLuckyActressesSpectacularSo Lucky Author:Susan Lucci
“I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U.S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky.” ThinkingWorldLittlesDreamHappensEconomicMiddleLuckyHappeningsCrisisIncrediblesExcitedActressesStuckGrantedReally HappyEconomic Crisis Author:Nina Dobrev
“The core for everything is to be grateful. It's literally as simple as that... I've always known that I'm lucky to be an actress, and I'm lucky to be a working actress. I'm lucky to have garnered attention for certain roles, and I'm grateful for it.” CertainSimpleAttentionKnownRolesLuckyGratefulActressesCoreBe Grateful Author:Michelle Trachtenberg
“Being an actress in China, Im actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.” BecomingLuckyChinaActressesChineseDiverseViewersBecoming More Author:Zhou Xun
“Cate's absolutely spellbinding. She was like that just eating a sandwich. I knew at the time I was privileged, but since she's become God's gift to actresses I realise exactly how lucky I was.” LuckyEatingActressesRealisingPrivilegedSandwiches Author:Emily Blunt
“Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in such a... creatively driven family. I wanted to have this thing to create, myself.” HardWantedFoundParentGrowing UpGrowingBrotherLuckyMusicianActressesDrivenMy BrotherMy SisterGreat Parents Author:Grace Gummer
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.” BelieveDoeCountryEnoughHandsSchoolFilmCitiesQualitySuccessfulNew YorkStudentsCollegeHugeCostLuckyHigh SchoolActressesAccessRemarkableNew York CityFilmmakingEquipmentPublic SchoolGhettoThirteenFilm SchoolQuality Education Author:Julia Stiles
“I think that as actresses - and I've definitely gone through this in a really bizarre way, because I worked so much and was really lucky with the roles that I got when I was younger - I remember hearing the older actors saying, "It gets tough," and thinking, "Really? I can't imagine."” ThinkingWayI CanRememberActorsRolesGoneImagineLuckyToughHearingActressesBizarre Author:Winona Ryder
“By the time I was seventeen, I was on my way to Hollywood and didn't look back. My family is supportive now, but like any adult guardian of a seventeen-year-old daughter, they were not thrilled with my plan to run off to the LA to make it as an actress. Even a somewhat functioning parent would think that was a bad, bad idea. Lucky for me, I didn't listen to them.” ThinkingWayYearsLooksIdeasRunningParentPlansLuckyDaughterAdultsMy FamilyHollywoodActressesMy WaySupportiveGuardianBad IdeasSeventeenSeventeen Years Old Author:Amber Heard
“The good news for me is that I have an amazing team behind me, and they've been with me for 20 years now - almost 20 years. And they have seen me as an actress, not necessarily just a black actress. So I have been lucky enough for them to see me that way.” WayYearsHas BeensEnoughBlackBehindsTeamLuckyNewsActressesGood News Author:Regina King
“Julieanne Smolinksi has a history in rock journalism and she's a huge rock 'n' roll fan, and she was a huge fan of Ava (Elaine Hendrix) and Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) and of the actresses. I was really lucky to get her, in between seasons on Grace and Frankie.” GraceFansRocksHugeLuckySeasonsActressesJournalismRock N RollHendrix Author:Denis Leary
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress.” EnoughSchoolSuccessfulCollegeHugeLuckyActressesPublic SchoolThirteen Author:Julia Stiles
“If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.” IfsWantI CanActionFilmRomanceGirlCan DoCareersGrowing UpComedyGrowingWindEasierMetsLuckyActressesTolerateThrillersAction FilmsComplete Me Author:Sandra Bullock
“When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.” PeopleSchoolJobsDarkActingNiceFashionLuckyRootsActressesAfrican AmericanHiringDark Skinned Author:Anna Deavere Smith
“I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore.” WorldFeelsYearsChildrenLongStatesGrowsWaitingGrowing UpChildhoodLuckySummerActressesGet BackIreland Author:Olivia Wilde