“I worried that I'd look like a dope when they curled my hair for the part of Manuel, and it didn't help any when Joan Crawford yelled from her car on the lot one day 'Hey, look who's here. It's Harpo Marx'.”

Spencer Tracy

“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

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

“- Diana Barrie: What's wrong with my hair? I look like I've combed it with a towel.
- Sidney Cochran: When you played Elizabeth, you looked like a warthog and you never complained once.
- Diana Barrie: That was acting. This is living. Living, I want to be beautiful.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“If you wish to be the king of the jungle, it's not enough to act like a king. You must be the king. There can be no doubt. Because doubt causes chaos and one's own demise.”
Matthew McConaughey - Mickey Pearson