My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

- Claire Danes

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

- Dan Stevens

On a soap, happiness never lasts for very long!

- Chandler Massey

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

- Catherine Mary Stewart

To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's like, 'Oh, if I'm not good enough for that, I'm not good enough for anything.'

- Cam Gigandet

Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.

- Chris Lowe

Shameless self-publicity works, of course: living your life as a soap opera.

- Chris Lowe

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

- Chris Lilley

What is elegance? Soap and water!

- Cecil Beaton

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

- Corbin Bernsen

Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?

- Alan Perlis

I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.

- Chris Pine

I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!

- Camille Paglia

Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them.

- Camille Paglia

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

- Bob Edwards

There are teachers in the United States who cry in the daytime because they see a child or children who haven't eaten properly, children who haven't used soap in so long.

- Bill Cosby

I've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.

- Anthony Geary

I'm pretty relaxed with my skincare. I really like two brands: Tata Harper and Ren, which is a natural skincare line. I use lotions, and I use Dove soap.

- Amanda Hearst

Soap Actors are fun and interesting. They all have something special that you want to be around.

- Austin Peck

I was on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives.'

- Ashley Benson