Sue Perkins Quotes

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

I was going to move to New York after college and had no interest in pilot season. I'd seen what happened on TV shows because of my dad, and I didn't want to open myself up to that. But 'Pretty Little Liars' had a very early audition, and my agents encouraged me to go even though I didn't think it would be my thing.

I kind of got into TV when I went to visit a show my brother was working on. Soon I got the second lead in a TV show.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business.

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

I'm going to be an actor.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

Doing TV is great, but TV is for starring on, not for watching.

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 did audition a lot. One's agent is keen to get you into film and TV because there's more money. I was always getting myself into commitments to theatre companies.

I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.

It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast.

I was an actor in New York, dude.

TV is an interesting business. You audition with a couple of little papers in your hand, and if you're lucky, you get to say those lines in the show. Then, once in a while, you get to do more.

I don't know how people get into show business if their family's not in it.

I always loved acting, but it's weird to think what I'd be doing if this hadn't come around. It's kind of a bit of a fluke how I got into it, so I'm grateful.

I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and you just hope that from that you can get your next job.