Alicia Coppola Quotes

I always say this - As an actor, we're lucky to get a job. Then we're lucky that anybody gives a damn to watch the thing that we're in.

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.

Like many actors, I'm very grateful, I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be able to make a living with what I do and what I love. I'm surprised and grateful all the time.

I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.

Like all actors, after every job, I think, 'Well, that's the last one, and I'd better think about doing something else.' But I've been so very lucky, and I've managed to keep going for a long time. It's just the way the cookie crumbles, and it's crumbled pretty well for me. I appreciate it, and I realise how lucky I am.

I look at all these wonderful actors who are out of work, and I don't know what accounts for my good fortune, but I'm grateful for it.

I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.

But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.

I'm one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven't done a show that literally puts me on some kind of map - as in, that's how I'm known and that's how I'll always be known - I'm very lucky.

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

There are so many talented young actors in the industry. I'm just happy to have a job!

Any time you're lucky enough to get on a show people watch, it's a good thing.

My belief is that if I can achieve that level of entertainment by making the audience happy or sad or angry, then I have succeeded as an actor and have done my job. The profits and the fame as an actor will eventually surface, but first and foremost comes the work as an actor.

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?

That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year.

I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.

For an actor to go to work every day is an extreme blessing.

I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play.

Acting is a privilege, and I'm exceedingly blessed to be able to do what I do. At the end of the day, it's all entertainment.

If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised.