Actress Quotes

Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.

Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.

Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.

You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.

The majority of women in America look like me.

Look at all the magazines: There's always 10 ways to be better at something.

There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'll go. They're fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.

My dad was so much fun growing up.

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

I want to make people laugh.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!

No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.

I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to.

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

Yoga is the perfect way to de-stress and work out at the same time.

When I was modeling, I worked out every day or other day.

We don't live in a world that's black and white.

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change.