347 Quotes About Actresses

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

The secret is to let the audience feel through the actress, rather than having the actress feel for the audience. When you can do that, you involved the audience almost without their knowledge or awareness.

I think to be an amazing actress, you have to be present, you have to be in the moment and not thinking about other things.

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.