The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months and then I can have six months off. And then I can work for six months and have six months off.
When you dance intensely, you are really aware of your physicality, and that's always great to have as a tool, when you're an actress.
I've never been the kind of actress that just likes to show up and say my lines. I'm fascinated by what the crew does.
I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.
It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.
I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.
I think it was really crucial that the actress was age appropriate. There are films, such as An Education, where that wasn't the case, and I think that really affects how you receive what you're watching.
I used to do plays and some television commercials when I was younger. I guess my mom's being an actress got me interested in that, but music definitely took its place.
We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.
Books are a really fun way to get yourself in a certain mindset or mood as an actress. Also, the way people tell a story is so revealing and I think it's important as an actress to see all the different ways people can unravel a story, and introduce the characters and the way people speak.
I've wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember, and I can say I was almost born in the theatre. My mum went into labour while she was watching The Nutcracker Suite in New York - apparently I was kicking like mad.
Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't be a poet.
Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.
I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.
I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.
I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.
Sometimes, an actress maybe knows how to think.
I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.
I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.
An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.