H. Jon Benjamin Quotes

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

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.

If I were to be cast as Cyrano or a Connecticut prep-school teacher or a gay boutique owner, it would only happen if some director I had worked with in the past said, 'Why don't we give Rispoli a shot at it?'

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

I'm going to be an actor.

Often, you're not quite sure what people have seen you in, but the script lands in your inbox. That was the case with 'The Night Manager.'

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

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.

The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.

I did not choose acting as a career.

'Hotel For Dogs' was fun for my family, but it was kind of hard to get in the audition room for 'Jennifer's Body' after that, you know? But I think the roles find me, in a way.

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

I see myself as an actor with a love of music.

Wearing a monkey suit really lets you know where you stand as an actor.

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

I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell into it.

'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final audition. That was my first really big one, and we just clicked instantly - I still think I got the part because of Shelley.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

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 would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

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've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.