Carol Kane Quotes

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.'

It was never a plan to be an actor.

I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

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 booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.

When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, 'How would you like to be a horrible actor?' Then you say, 'All right, that sounds good. I'll do that.'

For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.

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

I'm not good at Disney acting. I'm really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don't mind. I don't know. I look back, and I'm kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, 'What if I had gone that route?'

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

I'd love to start doing some films and really kind of pursue acting as much as possible. That's really where my main focus is.

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

There's this assumption that as an actor, Hollywood is always the end point, but I never thought along those lines.

Can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor... though it felt like something I couldn't do until I grew up. I mean, I knew kids could be actors - I recall seeing them on my dad's shoots and getting jealous.

By the time 'Suits' had come around, I had been acting for maybe six years. 'Deal or No Deal' - I like to call it my very lucrative waitressing job. Most actors find a way to make a living while they're auditioning, and for me, holding a briefcase was an incredibly lucrative means of being able to pursue what I really wanted to do.

I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied there. I did classes there. I learned how to act. Growing up there, I discovered my love for acting, but I just wasn't getting the opportunities to work professionally.

For some reason, I don't like the term 'model-turned-actress' - which is what I am, essentially.

I never saw myself as an actor. I neither had the looks nor the backing required to be an actor.

It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it.

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.