Michael Horse Quotes

I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.

My journey has been that of a character actor.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

People really don't understand what actors do.

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.

I got into the acting business very young.

All I really wanted to be was a working actor.

When I started my career as an actor, I had no guidance from anyone.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

I am an accidental actor.

I really love being a character actor.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

In L.A., I was meeting people who were all actors. My mind started to open up to what acting was. I didn't realize that Brad Pitt was a real person. I didn't think he was a robot or a machine, but I thought you were just born into acting - that it's a family tree, kind of like NASCAR. No one can just say, 'Hey, I'm going to be a NASCAR driver.'

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

I've always been in school plays and performing monologues and taking drama. Now I'm in acting classes. I do it the real way. I want to be a working actor. I would love that. I just like being on a series and having a script, and I want that to be my nine-to-five.

I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.

My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.