For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
Melvin Udall: Just what the world needs, another actress.
Harmony Age 7: I'm going to be an actress.
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.
For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!
I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.
As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.
My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.
I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.
I've felt the pressure of wanting to be known as a young actress rather than just Alisha from 'Misfits'.
I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.
I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.
The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.
Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.
