Actress Identity Quotes

I'm an actress, not a pinup.

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.

The thing I really know is that I'm not a model. I'm an actress.

Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.

Whenever I go to any particular event, people are shocked that I'm a fighter. To be a fighter, I have to look a certain way, and to be an actress, I have to look a certain way. I have to change that; I've joined acting to do meaningful cinema and to show that there is much more than glamour that actresses can offer.

I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it is just distraction.

I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.

I am an actress, period.

I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'

I didn't decide to be a character actress.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

I never really felt like a movie star until 'Police Woman.'

I'm always slightly embarrassed to meet other actresses of my vintage. We have so little in common. They're all so dedicated. I find - so desperate.

When I first watched Bette Davis in 'All About Eve', I was struck by how much I felt that she is Margo Channing and that she's Bette Davis, where she was able to do both, where you're like, 'What an icon.'

I'm an actress, but I'm not stupid.

I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.

I probably marketed myself all wrong. I had exotic looks; I should have done those glamorous roles that exuded 'oomph.' But in my head, I was always an actress first.

I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

When it comes to my career, I'm an actress before I'm trans. I think people should see the talent first.

I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting.

The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me.

I am an actress. I am not a movie star.