First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
Marilyn Monroe

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn Monroe

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
Mae West

My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.
Mitch Hedberg

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
Tallulah Bankhead

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
W. C. Fields

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
Katharine Hepburn

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.
Greta Garbo

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.
Julie Christie

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Meryl Streep

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!
Loretta Young

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.
Loretta Young

If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.
Hedy Lamarr

Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
Hedy Lamarr

I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.
Kristin Scott Thomas

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.
Kristin Scott Thomas

I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director.
Debbie Allen

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn

I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.
Brigitte Bardot