Rupert Everett Quotes

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.

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

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

I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.

There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have something steady.

New York is a great place to be as an unrepresented actor because there are so many 'open auditions' that you can show up for without being submitted by an agent.

One of the big struggles for an actor is sometimes you have to take work that you don't necessarily want to do so you can pay rent.

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.

It's a tough journey as an actor in Los Angeles.

As an actor, your life is filled with so much uncertainty.

I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.

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

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part.

I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I can find that's sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is.

As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.

Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.

It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.

Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and what is the hotel like. You want to take them out of that world and dump them into another world, so that when you meet them on the screen they don't seem like the guy who was in two others movies that year.

Yeah, there's a tendency to get pigeonholed in Hollywood.

I remember when I first came to Los Angeles being staggered by the range of roles open to me. These were leading parts in shiny new projects, and what always excited me was knowing there was a possibility that I could actually get these parts. I always had the impression that I had a chance.

I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television.

I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.