Henry Rollins Quotes

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?

I always tell Asian actors, especially Filipinos wanting to break into Hollywood, to study, study and study and show their best. I haven't stopped studying. There's an abundance of roles, and all you have to do is prove to them that you are good for the role.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

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

Hopefully I'll get to make another movie, so we'll see. But modeling - all the actresses are taking everything over now, with all the modeling endorsements and magazine covers.

I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it.

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.

If you wanna be the comic relief in a big-budget movie, go to L.A. because there are five auditions in a week that you could hit up, and that increases your chances of getting those jobs.

Most of the actresses I have worked with have started their career in South and then shifted to Bollywood.

I really didn't feel that my motion picture career was going the way I wanted it to go.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

I love working with actors. I do.

I still have auditions for independent films. I've been still working.

I never not wanted to become an actress.

The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning.

I just take jobs that will have me. I'm an actress that works. I'm not an actress who's ever waited.

As an actor, you're always reading scripts looking for something good.

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.

When I did Sean Penn’s movie, I think I was living in, like, a $500-a-month room, and someone called me up or bumped into me and asked me if I’d come up to work for a day. That sort of got me going a little bit. But it wasn’t until Sin City [2005] that I kind of got back into the game.

I do a lot of motivational speaking for young performers and kids who really want to get into acting and performing. I always say, to be as versatile as possible, because you never know which skill is going to help you get a role.

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.

Working with any actor is like working with a monkey.