Jack Davenport Quotes

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

I'm one of those fortunate actors who gets to work pretty much every day. I've had a run of good fortune and work with some terrific people who have hired me.

Like all actors, after every job, I think, 'Well, that's the last one, and I'd better think about doing something else.' But I've been so very lucky, and I've managed to keep going for a long time. It's just the way the cookie crumbles, and it's crumbled pretty well for me. I appreciate it, and I realise how lucky I am.

I wouldn't say that I haven't got my fair share of good roles. This industry has been very kind to me.

Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, 'I chose to do this part.' A lot of times it's 'you're lucky to get the job.' We're like, 'Thank you so much.'

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.

I never felt that I should have taken a 'regular job;' I was always lucky enough to be in regular employment as an actress.

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.

I'm one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven't done a show that literally puts me on some kind of map - as in, that's how I'm known and that's how I'll always be known - I'm very lucky.

There are so many talented young actors in the industry. I'm just happy to have a job!

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time.

I have been very fortunate, working a lot in TV, and have been able to dip into the film world a little bit here and there.

Like many actors, I'm very grateful, I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be able to make a living with what I do and what I love. I'm surprised and grateful all the time.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky.

And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.

When I started acting, I thought if I got one or two jobs a year I'd be lucky. So yeah, my career has gone so much farther than I ever suspected it would, and as such I feel lucky for everything I get. I feel thankful and grateful.

I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.

To act for a living is a gift, and understanding you're a lucky bloke keeps your feet on the ground.

I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.

I look at all these wonderful actors who are out of work, and I don't know what accounts for my good fortune, but I'm grateful for it.