If my accomplishments frighten someone, it’s nothing to do with me – that’s to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person – as a woman – not as a character I’ve played. – Kim Cattrall
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
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
I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women. – Kim Cattrall
Someone recently asked what I am most proud of. The thing I’m most proud of is that I’m in my 50s and I’m still a leading lady. – Kim Cattrall
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 can’t see beyond it. – Kim Cattrall
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
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. – Kim Cattrall
Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that’s the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don’t put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life. – Kim Cattrall
I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it’s more of an actor’s medium. I think that film is more of a director’s medium. You can’t edit something out on stage. It’s there. – Kim Cattrall
I follow life’s changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what’s next. – Kim Cattrall
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. – Kim Cattrall
Most people look at ageing as a disease. They do. They have prescriptions and places where you go to eradicate it. – Kim Cattrall
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business. – Kim Cattrall
I don’t want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I’m not good at it, and I don’t like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It’s horrible. – Kim Cattrall
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. – Kim Cattrall
If I’m producing, I’m not acting, and it’s such a long road to get anything off the ground. – Kim Cattrall
If I didn’t work in television or film, if I didn’t have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I’m not a nihilist, I’m an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession. – Kim Cattrall
I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness – and some happiness, if you’re lucky. – Kim Cattrall
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. – Kim Cattrall
There’s a look people get in their eyes when you’re talking to them and they’re not seeing you, and you know it’s because they have a movie running through their head. – Kim Cattrall
There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I’m having the greatest time in the second half of my life. – Kim Cattrall
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. – Kim Cattrall