Ray Fearon Quotes

From university, I tried to get into the profession almost immediately, and just got kind of kicked back in London, by lots of people saying, "Well, you know, we'll need to see you in something. And the easiest way for you to get seen in something is drama school. That is the best way to get an agent."

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.

I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.

Young actors often ask me how do you get an agent, how do you get started, how do you get to audition, and I don't know what to tell them because my story is so fluky.

I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.

I'd knocked on doors when I'd gone to theater school in Los Angeles the summer of my junior year, trying to find an agent and submitting headshots, but nobody would see me, and I knew it was virtually impossible to get an audition if you didn't have an agent.

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.

After that I got an agent and went on like a million auditions. You win some, you lose some.

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.

I didn't have an agent until I got 'Hairspray.' I had to get a Broadway show without an agent to get an agent.

I got my SAG card doing commercials.

I'm always looking for work. There are only two states of being an actor, so if I'm not working, I'm looking for employment.

I'm always surprised that I get called to work. I always feel the way I felt when I was 24 or 25 trying to get a job. I'm amazed I have my SAG card and my Equity card.

I was 42 when I started to make my living as an actor.

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've been on over 1000 auditions.

I went to drama school and it didn't prepare me for the ruthlessness of the industry at all, or the reality of it.

Down South, I never had to audition. They would call me up and give me a role.

Mike Nichols got me my Equity card.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

I slowly came to realize that this job of being an actor, you spend most of your time looking for work. That is your job. Your job is auditioning. You spend very little of your time actually working.

I always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else.

I feel like I would have ultimately ended up pursuing acting. It probably would have been much more difficult and taken a lot longer for me to get into it professionally.

I didn't get an agent until after 'Last Comic Standing' - of course, getting on a show like that will get you attention.