Douglas Hodge Quotes

The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months and then I can have six months off. And then I can work for six months and have six months off.

I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.

One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.

I make about two movies a year outside the 'True Blood' schedule. I work on a great show six months a year, then outside that I get to satisfy whatever creative urges I have. It's a great position, especially for a single guy like me.

My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

I have never made statements like, 'I'm quitting TV' or 'I'm quitting Bollywood.' I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.

It is important that women have the opportunity to balance different priorities at different stages in their career.

I have no difficulty with career duality!

I feel like being an actor it is a great way to do your job and be a parent, because you have a lot of freedom. You have a job and then the job ends and than maybe you don't have another job for a while or maybe you chose not have another job for a while. For an actor, it's like maybe you don't see your kid for two weeks while you are filming but then you might have three months off where you are at home every day and picking him up from school. I find it's a great thing.

After graduating from University, I began directing in theatre too, and I've been directing, writing and acting ever since, which has allowed me to continue this traveler lifestyle.

I don't have any ego, and I will go and audition for parts if I'm offered an interesting script.

I can't take a break from acting but I've learnt to work my way around films and devote time to my music career.

Knowing at the end of the day you get to go home and you can work on your own project is super rewarding as an actor.

I just spent three years on 'The Office.' I made enough money that I can take five weeks out and do a play.

I am a greedy actor: I want all the scripts to come to me. So I do all the good films which come my way, even if it means I'll rest a little less.

There were points I wanted to stop acting. We got so busy and didn't get to see our friends a lot, and I was like, 'Wow, I'm kind of over this.' But then we started really having fun on 'The Suite Life.'

For an actor, personal and professional life are two different things, and marriage is something which happens in everyone's life, and it is the same with an actor, too.

For years, I kept the two separate: Michael Horse the artist and Michael Horse the actor. I like the acting, but I'm an artist; that's my identity.

Modeling had never entered my consciousness. I was always like, 'I'm going to act.' But I thought, 'If this can help me with that, great.'

As an actor, I'm in such a privileged position because my work is job by job. If something doesn't fit in with family life, there's more flexibility.

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.

It's just easy to be a mother and an actress in the same time: you just have to have a good organization, and everything is just fine.

Once you become an actor, you have to say goodbye to your personal life.

It's true that I have sacrificed certain jobs, and it's been a matter of fitting my career into the Globe rather than the other way around.