Lana Condor Quotes

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you're waiting for your agent or your manager to call you.

When you're an actor, there are so many opportunities that are not in your control.

If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for. It's a job. If you look at it like a job, and you make it a career and a profession, then you're bound to do well.

'Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

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

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.

I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.

I don't often get recognized for my work, but I look familiar. I'm just a working-man actor. I go and audition, and you just hope the work keeps coming.

I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and you just hope that from that you can get your next job.

I'm a working actor, so I do pretty much whatever comes along because it's my job.

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.

When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.

I'm just a working actor.

I grew up very comfortable in this bizarre, circus-like existence, but, as comfortable as I was, I was also aware of the struggles that actors go through.

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

Being an actor is a crazy way to spend one's life. It's the love of the game. Blind luck has a lot to do with it. Then you hope when you get your shot that you know what you're doing.

As an actor, it's hard to get work. Sometimes you have to make do with the jobs that you get.