Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Maria Menounos.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Maria Menounos is an American actress, journalist and television presenter. She has hosted Extra and E! News, and served as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece. She also co-created and is currently CEO of online podcast series network AfterBuzz TV. She is currently signed to WWE where she has served as an ambassador since 2013. She hosts the podcast Conversations with Maria Menounos.
One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature.
So most of my acting experience came in college when I was living away from them. I acted in various independent films, and I got some commercial work and stuff like that.
I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce.
I think Channel One was very integral in my career.
There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making.
Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.
That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.
So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible.
We had four different sets and built 38 flats to use as walls, so we had a major production going on. It's so much fun when you're controlling it, but it's also so much pressure.
If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.
You have to take control of your own career.
I am honored to be a Bond girl and be a part of the Bond legacy, To star in a video game with Connery, the original Bond, is incredible.
The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction.
I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool.
I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat.
A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.
The odd thing is, I don't consider what I do work, because it's what I love. But it is also an enormous amount of pressure, and you have to work an enormous amount of hours.
So for me, anything that has to do with animals, and I'm a happy camper.
Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side.
I love comic book movies, and Marvel Comics obviously are the best.
I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots.