Johnny Vegas Quotes

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

The 12 years that I was improvising are why I got the number of commercials I got when I was in New York and why I got 'The Devil Wears Prada,' and it's why I even got in the door for 'Mad Men.'

I'm auditioning for anything that's good that comes my way.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.

I'm tryin' to get some acting credibility, get some other work.

I really love being in 'Game of Thrones,' but I don't know if it's my big break.

I had never imagined that after coming to Mumbai that, as an actor, my dates would be booked in six-eight months in advance.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take. An actor never stops learning.

I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it.

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, 'I will be a comedic actor.' I just thought, 'I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get.'

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

As actors, it's so hard to get your hopes up about anything.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives.

After doing 'Doctor Who,' I'm open-minded to doing more acting. Part of the reason you do a show like this is because it creates other opportunities you haven't had before.

You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter that the film was never really released. A movie like that, successful or not, adds to your credits. It leads to other roles.

I haven't been in a position to have the luxury to pick roles for most of my career, so I'm not practiced in that. Usually, when you want to be an actor, you take whatever comes along. If there's an audition, you go for it. If you get the job, you do it - just to get experience, to act, to meet people.

I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.

The scripts don't come pouring in; I have to fight for every part.