Olivia Colman Quotes

People really don't understand what actors do.

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.

I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.

Acting is a youthful profession.

Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

Being actors is a strange job.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

I have written before, but I was primarily an actor and improvisational performer.

I have realised what my pitch is, and I'm in this industry for the pure reason that I love acting.

I have played various kinds of roles. There are various territories that I have explored as an actor.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.