Alicia Coppola Quotes

There are so many talented young actors in the industry. I'm just happy to have a job!

You know, I always say this - As an actor, we're lucky to get a job. Then we're lucky that anybody gives a damn to watch the thing that we're in.

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

Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.

Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.

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.

For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.

Honestly, I know it sounds corny, but as an actor, I'm just so happy to have a job.

I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing.

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.

To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

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

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

Being actors is a strange job.

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

I'm very happy I get to keep working - it's an insanely fortunate thing.

If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?

As an actor, I'm always just so pumped when I get any job. To be a working actor takes a lot of luck.

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.

Like many actors, I'm very grateful, I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be able to make a living with what I do and what I love. I'm surprised and grateful all the time.

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.