Actress Quotations | Page 3

I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.

I wasn't asked to go, and I'm not one to just show up, ... I've since been told that it's dangerous for an actress or actor to meet their subject. Many times they start doing an impersonation of the person rather than acting the part. Kathy said she'd seen me on television but didn't want me on the set for that reason.

I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.

Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.

I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

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.

We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world.