Anne Archer Quotes

The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do.

I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid.

If you're going to give me the role of Darna, I'll accept it. I will work hard, I will train, I will attend workshops. I will give all my strength. But, of course, it's ABS-CBN's decision in the end to see who is the perfect fit to play the role.

It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.

If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

I landed the role in 'Caddyshack' auditioning, like everybody else. It wasn't a role I thought I'd get, so I had nothing to lose.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

I went to L.A. and got an acting coach for one day. Then I went in to audition and I smashed it. You have to take risks, and one thing I know about people: your presence is everything.

I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'

I tell people all the time that producers, writers, and directors really don't know what they want until it walks into the room - you have to show them what they want. Everyone is rooting for you when you walk into the room. Everyone wants you to be good because it means their day is over!

I treat auditions as if they are gold. I try to make every one count.

There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

If I'm going to do something, I might as well go for it.

I am an actor, and that's the most important thing to me. I cannot imagine a life where I would be anything else but an actor, so putting all my energy into a shot comes naturally to me.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Acting is everything to me; it's what I've always wanted to do. I may never have this chance to do what I'm doing right now. So I guess right now I'm going to do as much as I can with it.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

To be successful, one must take chances.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

I'm not really an actress.

I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.