Felicia Day Quotes

I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.

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

When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.

As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of those.

By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.'

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

You spend most of your time as an actor unemployed, so you're not going to hear me complaining that I haven't had a day off in three weeks.

It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.

Brian and I got cast out of that show into Trapper John, M. D.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails.

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time.

Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

It's really good to be a working actor.

I've sort of left the theater just for little shoots here and there - little one-off series or small roles in films or whatever.

It's really hard to make a living as an actor. I'm grateful as I drive to work every morning.

For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'

A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't.

I was in a TV show called 'Lucky' on FX. The casting director from 'Lucky' was casting 'Dragon Wars'. She called me in to meet with the producer and audition, and I got it from there.

Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.