Acting Audience Quotes

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.

People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.

I don't know what the next acting job will be. I would love to do a comedy.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.'

I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to go about it. That's why my ambition, initially, was not to play a lead role in a Bollywood film.

My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.

I think there's so much that is out of our control as actors, and it's just really hard to market yourself in such a huge industry.

People have this belief that actors are able to go out there and say, 'Oh I choose this job,' but most of the time we're just taking the job we can get. We don't just get offered thousands of jobs; we might earn one job a year and that's the one we'll take because we've got to pay the rent.

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

I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'

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

Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career.

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.

My true goal was to be an actor, was to be on TV. I wanted nothing more.

As an actor, you're never busy enough.

It's just the acting side of things. It's not like music, where you can go out there and be independent. It's a bit more difficult to get out there on your own and be an actor. It takes time.

I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.

For newcomers, modelling is like a stepping stone to acting. The exposure and experience in modelling helps... But for acting, we have to show a lot of hard work and dedication towards it.