Lisa Nicole Carson Quotes

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

I'm a working actress.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Acting is so much about waiting... waiting for an audition, waiting for the right part to come along. It's nice to write your own thing, write about what you're feeling and then go out and perform them. It's a nice thing to have and not get bored.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!

I hope through 'The Family Man,' I get some good offers.

When I moved out to L.A., I went on 156 auditions before I booked a single thing.

Before I was an actor, I was a fan.

I want to act. That'd be so much fun.

I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'

Glamour is a very small aspect of being an actress.

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.