Ayda Field Quotes

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I've always found that I have to audition, but that's a process that I kind of enjoy. I enjoy the challenge, and 'We're The Millers' was the same. It was a long audition process that I had to go through, but I enjoyed the challenge of that.

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

I love acting and the whole idea of being in front of the camera.

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'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

As an actor, when you go for auditions, there are certain roles that come along and you think, 'I really want that one,' and Prince Arthur was definitely one of those.

Meeting with the director is an audition.

I loved my time doing 'Private Practice' in Los Angeles, and I was quite challenged and excited to learn about the art of television, but I missed being on the stage.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

It was a lot of auditions and tapings and stuff like that.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

For me, I love auditioning.