Rebecca Mader Quotes

I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'

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

If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I'm an actress, and I love being one, and I'll probably be doing it till I'm 72, standing around the back lot doing 'Gunsmoke.'

I'd always really wanted to act; but the modelling contracts came more easily.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

'Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

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.'

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

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

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play.

I always love performing live, and that's what I was doing that started getting me acting parts, so I still find time do it.

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

Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.

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

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.