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I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything.

— Isabelle Huppert

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a process to try to understand life. I think this is the case for actors across the world.

— Zhou Xun

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

— Angela Bassett

Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.

— Amanda Bynes

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

— Keira Knightley

I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.

— Sophie Okonedo

✗Opposing Perspectives

As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.

— Rachel True

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it.

— Amber Tamblyn

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

— Elizabeth Ashley

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

— Beatrice Wood

I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

— Isabelle Huppert