Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macau-born American actress
From ‘Street Fighter’ to ‘ER’ : After ‘Joy Luck Club,’ Actress Ming-Na Wen Finds Diversity in Career Roles https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-20-ca-11142-story.html (December 20, 1994)
ES Magazine, 13 Jan 2012, pages 26-29
Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macau-born American actress
From ‘Street Fighter’ to ‘ER’ : After ‘Joy Luck Club,’ Actress Ming-Na Wen Finds Diversity in Career Roles https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-20-ca-11142-story.html (December 20, 1994)
“If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.”
Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) American actress
Tallulah: My Autobiography (1952)
Mukta Barve (1979) Indian actress
There’s still so much I want to do as an actress: Mukta Barve http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5487432128260758691&SectionId=5558842172310824508&SectionName=Cinema&NewsDate=20131024&NewsTitle=There’s%20still%20so%20much%20I%20want%20to%20do%20as%20an%20actress:%20Mukta%20Barve
“I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.”
Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) American actress, television producer
As quoted in TV Guide (1970) http://books.google.com/books?id=ZokxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22I'm+not+an+actress+who+can+create+a+character.+I+play+me.%22&dq=%22I'm+not+an+actress+who+can+create+a+character.+I+play+me.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vu6CUaY_1LTgA_DtgaAJ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA, also in Celebrity Register (1986) edited by Cleveland Amory and Earl Blackwell, p. 353
“Actresses can only play women. I'm an actor, I can play anything.”
Whoopi Goldberg (1955) American actress
Speaking on The Today Show on January 13, 1986; as quoted in Whoopi Goldberg on Stage and Screen https://www.google.com/books/edition/Whoopi_Goldberg_on_Stage_and_Screen/WTH-SHM1LrkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22an%20actress%20can%20only%20play%20a%20woman%22 (2013) by Lisa Pertillar Brevard, p. 18.
“I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.”
Brigitte Bardot (1934) French model, actor, singer and animal rights activist
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 42
Variant: First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.