Bruce Dern Quotes

Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor.

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.'

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way I approach work even when I'm directing it.

I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.

I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.

The percentage of actors employed is pretty small, and if you're lucky enough to have a good run at it, you do have a sense of responsibility.

I've been on over 1000 auditions.

When I moved to Los Angeles to be on the radio, there was an acting school on every corner. You can't be in L.A. and not be into acting.

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

I want to be an actor.

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.

Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as a character actor because he was a character actor because of his face from day one, so he would always work in the theater.

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

I never intended to be on television or in a movie. The theater was all I ever dreamed about, once I decided to try to make it as a business profession. All this other stuff has just been icing.

I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living the fantasy. My worst day is a great day.

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

I think for a lot of people, acting becomes a lifestyle, especially when you're living in Los Angeles.

My parents are proud of me being an actor.

Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.