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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“Everybody has a stunt except me. Every single person has a stunt, but I don't have a stunt, there's nothing. No wire, no pulling. I try to get in on the danger, but there's nothing.”
“I've done a lot of movies, but none of them that have blown up the way that 'Divergent' did.”
“Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.”
“I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.”
“I love doing theatre - any kind of theatre - anywhere. Some theatre was carnival or small town circus. I have never not worked. I never went hungry. As long as there were restaurants available, I would eat. Of course, I worked in those restaurants. I wouldn't want to do it again but if it has to be done, you do it!”
“Every time I get in front of a camera, I think of it as an attractive man I am meeting for the first time. I find him demanding and aloof -- so I must do all in my power to interest him.”
“I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.”
“It's nice to have someone write a couture character for you.”
- Also found in Reputation and Popularity
It was hard as a "sexpot", as I was labeled in the '60s and '70s, to have people take me seriously as a producer or director. They would rather see me without my clothes on.
“There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.”
“Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.”
“The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.”
“My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.”
“Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.”
“I refused to beat my head against stone, of course.”
“You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film.”
“I may have had some banal roles, but they were never embarrassing.”
“I risk my reputation every time, why not on TV?”
“I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.”
“I swear to God, my career is like this weird origami thing.”
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