Brendon Urie Quotes

I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

In L.A., I was meeting people who were all actors. My mind started to open up to what acting was. I didn't realize that Brad Pitt was a real person. I didn't think he was a robot or a machine, but I thought you were just born into acting - that it's a family tree, kind of like NASCAR. No one can just say, 'Hey, I'm going to be a NASCAR driver.'

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

I got into the acting business very young.

A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

I grew up on sets so I've always felt like that I wanted to be a part of the acting world.

As an actor, I just want to perform.

I am a hungry actor, and I want to do good films.

I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.

People really don't understand what actors do.

Acting is a tough business to break into.

Acting is such a weird job.

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.