Ann Macbeth Quotes

It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well.

I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?

A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition.

I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble.

I started 'The Rainmaker' in August 1996, and I've been working consistently ever since. It's not like I had some grand plan; I keep getting offered jobs so good I can't say no.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

I enjoyed working at R.K.O. more than at M.G.M. At R.K.O., the parts were better!

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.

I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.

I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.

I support all Australian films.

You would think, in an ideal world, that if you were in a really good film and did a really good job, whether it was a big film or not, you would get hired a lot; but that is not my experience.

People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.

When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film.

I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.

When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money.

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

'Uncharted' is the best job I've ever had. Film, television, whatever - it's without doubt the best. It's changed my life.

Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.

Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.