actress quotes

For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, thememoryof Macaulay, thefigure of Juno, and thehide of a rhinoceros.

- Ethel Barrymore
Quoted in George  Jean Nathan The Theatre in the Fifties (1953).

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worse to an actress.

- (Arthur) Joyce Lunel Cary
  The Horse's Mouth, ch.14.

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it.Wants steadyemployment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.

- Bette originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis Davis
  Advertisement placed in the Hollywood trade papers.

Evil people†you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actressnever to be forgotten.

- Bette originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis Davis
  On her favourite character roles. In the NewYork State Theater programme,  Jun.

Igot all theschooling anyactressneeds.That is,I learned to write enough to sign contracts.

- Hermione Gingold
Attributed.