Russi Taylor Quotes

I had done some stuff on camera, then I did some film dubbing when I lived in Europe. When I came back, I'd considered doing on-camera work again, but I didn't really like it.

When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.

Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.

As much as I appreciate acting and enjoy it, and like it, it wasn't something where I grew up wanting to be a movie star.

I didn't want to be an actress when I was younger - not even when I was older, to tell you the truth.

Really, voice-over is great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.

I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego.

I was not thinking about getting into acting in any way.

I feel like a lot of times when you get signed to an agent they just send you everywhere, so I still audition for a lot for voiceover stuff. I actually don't book a lot of it, and I love doing it so I get disappointed because I want to do more voice stuff.

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

I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I'd like to be a steadily working actor and to do as many things as possible. I'm really enjoying the life.

It wasn't like I ever said, 'I want to be an actor.' I was in the right place at the right time. I went to a local drama group because I found football on the weekends too cold - which is highly ironic because I've had some of the coldest experiences of my life filming 'Game of Thrones.'

I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what will happen in an acting career.

It's really good to be a working actor.

I've only actually done one studio film. I want to be left alone.

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

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.

I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

There isn't anything that pays you as much money as acting while you are deciding what the hell you're going to do with yourself.

I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a different job, and it's not the one I want.