#actress

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false. ↗

— Nance O'Neil

#any #art #betrays #contempt #emotional

Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks. ↗

— Anne Parillaud

#athletic #body #body language #body talks #essential

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career. ↗

— Anne Parillaud

#actress #career #convincing #defend #even

I'm a more mature actress now. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#i #mature #more #now

I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#actress #decide #did #different #episode

I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#came #directors #experience #extremely #feeling

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#actress #classes #classical #going #i

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress. ↗

— Jacqueline Susann

#actress #glamour #going #hard #hard work

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth. ↗

— Ellen Terry

#amount #loss #make #make up #part

Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#being #biggest #change #closeted #dollars