Sam Claflin Quotes

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what will happen in an acting career.

When you start as an actor, you can only hope you'll be able to act at all - let alone on a show that lasts seven seasons.

As actors, it's so hard to get your hopes up about anything.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

You're rejected 10 to 20 times for every part you are going to get.

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 think 99 percent of actors have gone through severe rejection before they ever landed a single role. I probably auditioned for 100 projects before I was cast in even the smallest role.

I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.

When I first auditioned for 'Stranger Things,' I was just living in Chicago. Just looking for a job. Working at a restaurant, doing commercials and bit parts on shows. I honestly would have been happy booking anything.

Millions of people come every day to Mumbai to fulfill their acting dreams. Being one of them is always tough.

There's so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want to keep paying the bills and I want to get better. That's about it. I enjoy what I do. I'll stay busy. I've been lucky.

I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people.

I have never struggled for anything in my life because I never thought I will be an actress. Film just walked up to my house with 'Abodh.'

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

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