Condola Rashad Quotes

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

'Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, "Of course you are." And I'm like "No, not, 'Of course I am.'"

I think the world has too many actresses.

'Entourage' is a great show, but it's fantasy. I spent my twenties in L.A. in this business, and my life didn't look anything like that. 'Big Bang' reflects a side of men that is rarely shown. We see their flaws - all of them.

Everything that happens on 'Entourage' does happen in Hollywood.

I love Los Angeles, and it's been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who's living them? You don't play characters that are celebrities - you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank's blocked.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I'm not just friends with fellow actors, but I find that a lot of people are out here in L.A. I go out of my way to make sure that's not the case, but I do have a lot of friends who are actors.

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.

There's a certain thought process about actors that they are in Hollywood and they sit around pools and get suntans and just get offered jobs.

I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.

There's a stigma attached to being an actor. People from 'Big Brother' call themselves actors. There's so much crap. It's not about appreciating that we're here to service the public, that we're storytellers. It doesn't sit comfortably with me.

There's such a fascination with celebrity. I think that's a very different thing to being an actor.

I don't admire actors so much, actually.

As actors, we have to constantly look after our appearances.

Moving people into reality TV is a mistake.

I'm very intrigued that in this culture of reality television and celebrity - which is an enormous industry and generates billions and billions of dollars - we're so resourceful.

What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.

Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.

We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.

It's a super super strange world when the actors are the less weird ones.

If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF.

But then there is the one who seems to have a hard time separating the actor's work from reality.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.