Anna Chlumsky Quotes

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I realized on my first day on set of 'Miss Potter' that there wasn't going to be anything else that could make me as happy or feel as fulfilled as acting does.

There is work, and there is pleasure; acting is pleasure.

I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a huge success. I was having a blast. I was working on shows I loved, I was working with actors I loved, and I was making a living as an actor. And I loved every second of it.

For me, I just am so grateful to be an actor.

The advice that I was always given when asking for advice about acting was that if I could imagine myself doing anything else, anything else at all, then go do that.

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

I've still got lots of writing in me. I have not left journalism, but I put it on hold to focus on acting. I love actors. I think it's a crazy thing to do with your life, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them.

I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else.

Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.

I'm still doing something I love to do.

In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true self; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six years old. If I can't effectively move people, then I would prefer not to do it.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

And I love what I do and I love skating.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.

I think I've found a purpose in acting; it's something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I'm living beyond the camera.

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky about roles I do like to go out for.

It's a privilege to be an actor, as it's not work - it's a job.

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.