Chadwick Boseman Quotes

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

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

As an actor, we're unemployed a lot, so I'm familiar with the stress of trying to get a gig, and sometimes you take shows that you don't really want to do to keep the money coming in.

I've called myself an actor - I won't say I've been an actor, but I've called myself an actor - since 1989. That's when I moved to Los Angeles.

It's really good to be a working actor.

The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles.

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.

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

I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.

I always wanted to be an actor. My first professional job was at 19, working in New York theater.

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

My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes.

By the time 'Suits' had come around, I had been acting for maybe six years. 'Deal or No Deal' - I like to call it my very lucrative waitressing job. Most actors find a way to make a living while they're auditioning, and for me, holding a briefcase was an incredibly lucrative means of being able to pursue what I really wanted to do.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

As an actor, I am looking for diverse roles.

I'm tryin' to get some acting credibility, get some other work.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.