Every now and then when I start being a little vague in a crisis, my child says: "See here, mother, you can't do that. You're not one of those women you play on the screen. They can step aside from reality, but you can't!".
Billie Burke

“People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: so they pretend they are someone else.”
Bette Davis

“Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. ”
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland

“There are so many strange, alluring, hateful, lovable, weird, tender, ugly women of history and of life. I want to delineate all of them.”
Judith Anderson

“For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.”
Juno Temple