“Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.” PeopleIfsThinkingHardCertainStarsMiddleHollywoodAskingAssumingBusyActressesListsMovie StarHollywood Movies Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films however have got to be 'The Tree Of Life' and 'The Piano Teacher,' which also stars one of my favourite actresses Isabelle Huppert.” TwoFilmStarsWalksTeacherTreeMy FavoriteActressesCinemaPianoFavouriteTree Of LifeLove FilmsPiano Teachers Author:Alicia Vikander
“'Dial Star' is about an aspiring actress who finds the cell phone of AnnaLynne McCord and impersonates her.” StarsPhonesActressesCellsCell PhoneImpersonate Author:AnnaLynne McCord
“I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone.” ThinkingStarsStrangeMetsBreathsTablesActressesObsessedGoddessUnbelievableDeep BreathTorontoCruzTake A Deep Breath Author:Carey Mulligan
“We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.” TryingUsedStarsActresses Author:Laurence Olivier
“During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.” TryingIdeasSometimesAgeBeautifulStarsCareersHarderActressesGoldenPlentyMovie StarIconicGolden AgeUnattractiveBeing Beautiful Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“I used to stay up very late at night, much later than I probably should have for such a youngster, and I used to watch very old black-and-white movies with, you know, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but I remember watching them thinking 'I could do that'... Even though I wasn't inclined at all to actually become an actress. I mean, that wasn't something that was... in the stars for me, no pun intended.” ThinkingKnowsShouldMeanRememberUsedNightStarsBlackWhiteWatchesLateShould HaveActressesBlack And WhiteYoungstersPun Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I don't think I ever said, "I want to be an actress." But for Halloween, I dressed up as a movie star from when I was seven to when I was twelve. The costume was always a long dress, with makeup, and my hair curled, and jewelry on. And the movie star was always Jenny McCarthy. So right there you could see a little pattern.” ThinkingWantLittlesLongSaidStarsHairDressesSevenPatternsActressesMakeupTwelveHalloweenCostumesMovie StarJewelryDressed UpJenny Author:Jenny McCarthy
“And what movies we saw! All the actors and actresses whose photographs I collected, with their look of eternity! Their radiance, their eyes, their faces, their voices, the suavity of their movements! Their clothes! Even in prison movies, the stars shone in their prison clothes as if tailors had accompanied them in their downfall.” IfsLooksEyeFacesActorsStarsVoiceSawsMovementClothesEternityPrisonPhotographActressesMovieRadianceDownfallTailorsActors And Actresses Book:Borrowed Finery: A Memoir Source: Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
“If I weren't doing what I'm doing now, the actress thing, the star business, if you want to call it that, whatever it is, I'd be in an asylum. I'm sure of it.” IfsWantActorsStarsActressesAsylums Author:Mia Farrow
“I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.” WantWantedStarsActressesSingersAmbitious Author:Polly Bergen
“I grew up as a child actress, not a child star. I was an actress - big difference.” ChildrenBigsStarsDifferencesGrewGrew UpActresses Author:Natasha Leggero
“My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino, my co-star, about how nervous I was because I didn't know how my mom would react. She said, 'Can I be completely honest with you? I've seen your mom in interviews, and she seems pretty screwed up. I don't think there's much you could do to shock a broad like that.' And from that moment on it was big nipples to the wind!” ThinkingKnowsFirstsSaidMomentsBigsSeemsStarsActingKnow HowPiecesHonestWindMomPerformancesMy MomActressesNakedNervousCinemaInterviewsShockThat MomentBroadsBiographiesShockingYour MomNudityScrewed UpNipples Author:Ashley Judd
“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've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, "Grace Kelly." She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.” ActorsStarsAnswersAnimalGraceActressesCharmingGiftedValued Friends Author:Edith Head
“I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.” WayFirstsIdeasEnoughWould BeWantedCoursesStarsRolesDoorsFeetGrewGrew UpFoundationLaysActressesHandleNo Idea Author:Bette Midler
“I used to live in Los Angeles, but I didn't want my kids to grow up in the thick of the obsession with movie-making. There's a lot of sensationalism and superficiality. I wanted to take my kids out of that and raise 'em up elsewhere, and I wanted to stop being preoccupied with whether my star is on the rise or the descent. I can't imagine having a much greater life, and I don't want to be preoccupied with things that don't matter. But of course, ironically, my two oldest daughters have decided that they're going to be actresses.” WantI CanTwoMatterKidsWantedUsedCoursesStarsGrowsGrowing UpGreaterImagineDaughterDecidedRaisesActressesObsessionEmsLos AngelesThickElsewhereDescentSuperficialityMovie MakingSensationalism Author:Woody Harrelson
“One thing I've noticed is that I can tell when a young actor or a young actress is going to become a huge star. Everybody else will say, "Oh come on, Michelle Pfeiffer, are you kidding?" and I'm pretty much always right about that.” I CanYoungActorsStarsOne ThingHugeActressesYoung Actors Author:David Carradine
“An actor goes crazy in a hotel room, gets trashed, throws a bench, breaks a window, and he is considered a rock star. An actress does that and she’s sent to rehab and is thought to have problems and issues and can’t get a job.” DoeProblemJobsActorsStarsRoomsBreakIssuesCrazyRocksWindowActressesHotelRock StarBenchesRehabHotel Rooms Author:Mila Kunis
“There will be a competition among critics for the best Paris Hilton insult. Here's my first: Her attention span is so short that she can't even maintain her concentration while running away from a psycho... Maybe the ultimate insult is that she makes her co-star Elisha Cuthbert seem, by comparison, the sexiest and most interesting actress in modern cinema.” FirstsSeemsRunningStarsInterestingAttentionModernUltimateCompetitionCriticsActressesCinemaParisInsultComparisonConcentrationRunning AwayMost InterestingPsychoAttention SpanSexiest Author:David Edelstein