Betsy Brandt Quotes

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

People approach you for the work they have seen you do. I don't think people see me as a lover boy dancing around, so I haven't received a role of that kind. I'm going to do roles that appeal to me.

My journey has been that of a character actor.

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

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

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

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.

I never sought to play monsters in films.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

I wait and see what scripts come my way and then try and make a decision within the choices that I'm offered. I see what turns up, and if it's something I'd really rather not do, or I think it's too similar to something I've just done, I'll wait and hope for something else.

For an actor, it's important to choose the right kind of project.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

I'm not running about playing romantic leads. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's the way it's sort of working out.

I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I'm an actress, and I love being one, and I'll probably be doing it till I'm 72, standing around the back lot doing 'Gunsmoke.'

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

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

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

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, 'I will be a comedic actor.' I just thought, 'I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get.'

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.

I do think you are mainly thrown into one medium as an actor, and then hopefully you grow from there.