13 Quotes & Sayings By Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her role as Samantha Jones in HBO's Sex and the City. Cattrall also starred in the film The Borrowers, for which she was nominated for a Genie Award, and in the television series, Deceived. In 1991 she wrote a memoir about her life after she left Sex and the City called Doing It: The Autobiography of Kim Cattrall Read more

In 2007, she published a book entitled On Set: My Journey Through Hollywood and Back Again about her life as an actress on movie sets.

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Courting is a much sweeter term than 'dating'. It sounds like it has more intent, more like an agreement that two people enter into with a future in mind. Kim Cattrall
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Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move. Kim Cattrall
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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. Kim Cattrall
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My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me. Kim Cattrall
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A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters. Kim Cattrall
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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. Kim Cattrall
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What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If I'm in a good mood, it's got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When I'm down, I might find something that I haven't worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends. Kim Cattrall
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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. Kim Cattrall
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It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play. Kim Cattrall
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There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell. Kim Cattrall
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Shows like 'Sex and the City' got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women. Kim Cattrall
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Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. Kim Cattrall