It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness
I began dancing when I was just 5, and I never really wanted to become an actress because its what every other model does.
The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944)
I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, I wanted to be a marine biologist, an actress, a writer, an environmentalist, an activist.
There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
The second host that I had was an actress I didn't know named Susan St. James.
I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.
You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.
And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.
As an actress I am always interested in the new writers.
I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.
For some reason it gives people pleasure to equate the life of certain movie actors or actresses with their actual lives.
I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. Then if something happens to remind me that I'm an actress then I become a little different and things become a little heavy.
Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.
I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.
I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.
In L. A. , I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
Any obsession is dangerous.
I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do.