A biography for Kim Cattrallhasn’t been written yet.
“Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.”
“I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working, and a sexual being.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It was difficult when I was very young because I was so separated from my family. When I was at school or acting in a play, I felt very much part of something, and then it would always change, and I would be by myself.”
“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.”
“When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've always thought that less was a lot more.”
“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.”
“I don't express a lot of things that I feel; I kind of register things.”
“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 was a bit odd as a kid, because there were so little outlets for me. There was no theatre except for the odd community theatre and school shows. The only movie theatre was at the Canadian Forces Base nearby in Comox, so it either showed kiddie flicks for the families and restricted stuff for the men.”
“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.”
“Your dressing area should be your private space.”
“Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.”