I think right after 'Up in the Air' everyone wanted me to play the girl from 'Up in the Air,' and it took a little while for people to think of me as an actress from a film that they liked instead of just that character.
Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill. However, everyone is always looking for the Jill in everything.
The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.
Everyone has different issues, and I think for a great deal of women, those issues are self-esteem. And for me, I really wanted to understand it and get through it because I didn't want to be an actress afraid of getting older. I refuse to live that way.
I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.
I'm not drawn to actresses, but I have no rules about that. I just want to be around positive people. The toughest thing will be to find a girl who will be prepared to live in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the country. I don't think L.A.'s the place to find one.
It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job, and I didn't know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn't until the third and fourth series - the fourth series especially - that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.
If I were an actress today at the age of 18, I would never make it, because now our young actresses all seem to be very beautiful and very talented right away.
When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
It's always a great day going to work with Ginnifer Goodwin; she's a fantastic actress and I learn so much from her.
I didn't know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.
I'm proud to be a hard working actress; it's what I've always loved to do and I'm so happy and proud to still be doing it.
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good.
People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls.
At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator.
I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.
People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.
I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.
I had always wanted to be an actress. I went to summer theater camp from kindergarten on up until high school, and always had the leads in all the plays - even though they were at the YMCA - but it was something I always wanted to do.
I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too.
There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.
I feel very protective of younger actresses, because it was so hard for me in the business.
As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.
A lot of actresses I've worked with recently have done so much Botox their faces don't look real anymore. If you freeze everything on your face, you can't emote.
Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.
I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was.
I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.
You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress.
When they asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' I said, 'I want to be a model and an actress.' They said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because I can look good and get paid to do it.' That's the kind of kid I was.
I think I'm very much an entrepreneur, but I know I have the ability to start a company in a lot of ways than other people who are more qualified because I have this existing brand as an actress.
I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
Do you think I'm going to be one of those flash-in-the-pan actresses?
