Phil Hartman Quotes

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, 'No, they don't like you. They don't like the way you look. They don't like how old you are.'

I'm a terrible actor. I'm still learning. When I first started, I wish I knew then to trust myself more, really. I was in a terrible panic in the early part of my career.

The stressful thing about being an actor is, like, you have to kind of audition again and again and again, you know? You go in one time, and you go in again for a director and then again for producers and then again and again and again.

Every time I get a role, I'm surprised. It's like, 'Alright, when am I going to stop fooling them?'

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

My journey has been that of a character actor.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If anything, I've felt frustrated that I can't carry a film because everything since 'District 9' has been supporting roles.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment.

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

I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.

I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.

As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'

I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.