Corey Stoll Quotes

I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.

Every field has its pressures and stress factors.

As an actor, you always feel like you're not going to work again. You're always unsure about how things are going to work out, and you start thinking you're going to just fade off into the distance.

I think, no matter how successful you are, there is some struggle of one kind or the other for every actor at every level. There are times when your work progresses at an extremely slow pace.

Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm not very good with rejection. I constantly question whether or not I'm suited for this business, because it is your job to get rejected.

When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.

I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.

I do not enjoy being away from Richmond, my friends of a lifetime, and my home... I do not enjoy working 6 days a week and almost every night at a time when I had planned to be tapering off. There are compensations which appeal to any lawyer who is proud of his profession. The Supreme Court is an awesome place.

What I would say to a person who is firm in their faith and wants to go into an acting career: It is such a difficult thing to do without compromising your beliefs.

Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!

As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key.

It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family.

There's nothing worse when you have a job, and you read something, and you're like, 'God. How am I possibly going to make this work?'

Stress is part of your career. You have to accept it and deal with it because there is a lot of emotion in tennis.

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

I don't really pursue acting. I jokingly say that I retired right at the same time people stopped hiring me, but I really don't think I'm very good at it, and I'm not really interested in it anymore as an adult.

I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don't have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems.

It's always my biggest insecurity - disappointing myself or my partner.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.

I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well.

Being a Diva is not easy. We are on the road 300 days a year. We don't get a lot of family or personal time. With 'Total Divas' on top of that, on our days off, we have the cameras following us, and that's not for everyone.

I did apply for drama school when I was 17, and I didn't get in; I had a really bad audition.