Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.
Don't ask me why the same producers cast me in their films. Maybe someone up there likes me as much as people down here.
Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.
For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."
I went from a sitcom to a hospital drama, feature films. I've kind of been living the actor's dream. I'm not associated with one role or one medium. You're lucky if you're associated with one hit show.
I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work.
Nick was cast first in both 'Smashed' and 'Kings.'
I'm very lucky. I do voiceovers, 'Family Guy,' on and on, and quite frankly, I'm one of the luckiest actors in the world. I was able to create a character who became iconic.
I am lucky to be part of a 'Kyunki.' Not every actor gets a chance to be part of a successful television show.
Will Smith is the most successful money-making movie star on planet Earth, in terms of just how many people have gone to see his films, so Will is a guy who gets movies made.
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.
No actor in the world started off at the top.
Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.
'Toast' is based on a bunch of actors but especially one guy. I worked with him on a film and realise that if I mentioned any actor who was around his age but more successful, it would drive him insane. So from sheer devilment, I'd do it on purpose.
When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.
The reality is that I'm an actor from the Midwest and I was 40 movies into it before I started 'Entourage'.
There isn't an actor alive who hasn't been turned down, and I promise you I have taken a hell of a lot of rejection. That said, I do count my blessings every day.
I have done more than 250 films.
Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.
Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.
There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don't try to adapt it, make it commercial.
He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.
You can win your Oscar, and you still wake up trying to figure out how to get your next job.
You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have.
Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.
