Kathryn Newton Quotes

'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?

An actor is only merchandise.

If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.

I liked acting early on, and I really liked roles that were meaningful to me, and 'Baywatch' was.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since 'One Eight Seven.'

When I did 'Clockers,' I didn't even think about having a career in acting, I just thought, 'Wow, this is cool. I get to do a little movie.'

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

As an actor, you always have aspirations to play different roles.

My sister pursued acting, and one day, I was like, 'Hey, I want to do acting, too' - this was just in commercials - and then one day, I got an audition for my first movie, 'Smurfs 2,' and I did it.

Working with a full Hollywood team has been an awesome learning experience, and I definitely want to pursue acting more.

I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor and not something I wanted to pursue.

I've always loved movies, so I tried to get into an acting school. I saw an ad for the Oscar school on the back of 'The Irish Times,' and I went along for an audition, very pragmatically, to see if I could do it or not.

I'm a journeyman actor.

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.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.

As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.

I was going to move to New York after college and had no interest in pilot season. I'd seen what happened on TV shows because of my dad, and I didn't want to open myself up to that. But 'Pretty Little Liars' had a very early audition, and my agents encouraged me to go even though I didn't think it would be my thing.

After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.