Martine McCutcheon Quotes

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known what I want to do, but there's a lot going on out there. There are a lot fewer films being made, and there's a lot of competition.

There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.

It's mainly been the case where I do very few live action roles - not out of choice but more out of not getting asked.

I'm not one of those actors where filmmakers that I admire ask me to be in their movies. I meet them at parties and they're nice to me, but they never ask me to work with them.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting.

As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.

I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am.

What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.

Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'

With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.

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.

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living?

Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.

Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business.