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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

— Marilyn Monroe

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm not a big Hollywood guy. I don't know how the machine works. I leave that to people better than myself.

— Trevor Noah

Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job.

— Heather Locklear

I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.

— Anna Friel

If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.

— Sela Ward

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

— Emmy Rossum

I'm pretty sure I became an actress solely because of craft services. When you're a kid and there's a lady walking around with a tray of chocolate and other free candy, that's the best reason to be in the industry!

— Serinda Swan

I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer.

— Susan Olsen

I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.

— Pamela Anderson

I'm a working actress.

— Adriane Lenox

✗Opposing Perspectives

People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable. My name and $6 million will make a $6 million movie. I'm a working actor. Because I started late, I had a very short run as a leading man, and my films didn't make money in America.

— Peter Coyote