Kim Cattrall Quotes

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.

I'm certainly not a prude.

What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If Im in a good mood, its got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When Im down, I might find something that I havent worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.

I'm a woman of a certain age who doesn't have kids and never really settled down ... I enjoy kids but not for long periods. I think they're adorable and funny and sweet, and then I have a headache.

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

When I see a woman who looks her age, she's radiating something, and it's life.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.

Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures.

That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do.

I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you cant see beyond it.

My male friends don't seem to have any feelings of intimidation that I am a 100-watt sex bomb standing next to them.

In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.

What I'm now discovering - and I'm now in another decade - is that the older I get the more I have my self knowledge which makes me feel more sexy.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.

Easy? You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy?Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'!

The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows - which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach - but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.

Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed.

Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.

When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.

I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.

You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

I like my life. It's good.

The earlier you learn to masturbate, the better your sex life will be.

I exercise as much as I can. If I don't exercise, I feel sluggish. i try to do 30 minutes a day.

Your dressing area should be your private space.

Whenever I go to bars in London, people send me over Cosmopolitans. It's a very sweet gesture, but I don't like them, so they just sit there.

I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.

When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.

I like movies I can relate to.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

I realized that so much of the pressure I was feeling was from outside sources, and I knew I wasn't ready to take that step into motherhood. [...] Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around.

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.