Claire Danes Quotes

You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1, two, three or four in the world.

I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.

I can be a horrible actor, but I make a move that makes a money I'm secured a job.

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.

I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.

It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

I'd been going up for things, but I hadn't got anything, and then 'Anne Frank' came out, and there was a sudden flurry. I got a call saying they wanted to see me at the Globe, which was incredible because I'd been coming here since I was 12.

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

You're an actor first and foremost. No one is going to hire you because you tweet a lot.

There were so many people who wanted me for their films.

I'm super grateful to be an employed actor.

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.

I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles.

I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it.

I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach.

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

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 was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.