Anna Chancellor Quotes

My career, definitely, the early years were a little scattershot, in terms of - it was a little regional theater, it was a lot of voiceovers, it was a lot of random day jobs. I mean, it was hard. It was hard to scrap around, and once 'Hairspray' happened, then it all kind of clicked into place.

I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.'

I'm not going to pursue it the way that actors pursue it which means going to all of the auditions and getting a job and all that stuff, because I don't really need to get a job because I have a job as a writer/director. That's how I make my living mostly now. So I don't need to make a living as an actress.

I saw things at an early age because my mom was a theater actress. I did a play with her when I was 10 years old.

I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

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

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the same time. 'Austin Powers' came out on DVD, I got a series regular gig on 'Buffy' and 'Can't Hardly Wait' came out.

My greatest accomplishment is receiving my role on 'Guiding Light.'

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.'

I found an agent midway through my year-long run at 'Grease' and just started to audition. I fortunately booked 'South Pacific' six months after 'Grease' was over, and I feel like that was a huge turning point in legitimizing myself in the Broadway community, and getting to do that was absolutely amazing.

As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.

I was doing television and films for a good five years, and then I booked 'Cry-Baby.'

I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs.

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

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.

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

If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.