Gene Barry Quotes

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

I've called myself an actor - I won't say I've been an actor, but I've called myself an actor - since 1989. That's when I moved to Los Angeles.

It's really good to be a working actor.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

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

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

When you're lucky enough to pay your bills through acting, staying healthy and fit is part of the job.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing.

A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't.

Once you start getting big roles as an actor, everything pays. So what are you making decisions on? It's about the director or the script or whatever. But before you reach that point, you're taking jobs with, say, a theater company, in spite of the fact that it's not paying your bills.