Career in Cinema
Actors' quotes about success and career
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This section covers quotes about actors and directors' career. The focus is not only success, but also the different paths that have brought people to glory or failure. Talent, charisma, personal choices and lucky encounters, but also awards and embarrassing career moments are some of the themes that are dealt with through the stars' quotes.
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“It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old.”
“I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.”
“Professionally, I feel like I won the lottery and I am the luckiest person in the entire world.”
“I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.”
“I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.”
“Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.”
“Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.”
“I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.”
“As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern.”
“I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for a while. That's probably one reason I became an actor.”
“I was a stunt man for 35 years.”
“No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film.”
“I enjoy taking off the uniform once in a while, especially when I get a chance to do some comedy.”
“I came to a certain age that I didn’t know on how to do anything else. So I really have to make this work.”
“I just take one project at a time when it comes in.”
“Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.”
“I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.”
“When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.”
“I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.”
“So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.”
“Fortunately, I never had to do the waiter thing. When I got out of college, I immediately started to teach acting.”
“Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.”
“When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.”
“I entertain for a living and I role-play for a living, and I can't help but continue to do it.”
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