Kaya Scodelario Quotes

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

When I first auditioned for 'Stranger Things,' I was just living in Chicago. Just looking for a job. Working at a restaurant, doing commercials and bit parts on shows. I honestly would have been happy booking anything.

I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

Pilot season can be maddening. You're basically putting yourself and your talent out there to be scrutinized several times a day for months by network executives who have probably never acted in anything since their junior high school production of 'The Wiz.'

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

New York is a great place to be as an unrepresented actor because there are so many 'open auditions' that you can show up for without being submitted by an agent.

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

When you start out acting, you dream of getting an agent and getting a job. For years, you audition and you get what you can. Choice isn't something that you have much of.

I've managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I'm very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.

The thing with acting is I'm at the liberty of someone who wants to book me. With music, I can do it all the time. With acting, I could, too, if I wanted to write a script and do that whole thing, but music is a constant thing. Acting, I have to audition.

When you start as an actor, you can only hope you'll be able to act at all - let alone on a show that lasts seven seasons.

All my life, I struggled to get roles.

As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.

Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

If you aspire to be an actor, go ahead. But do have a backup plan because you can't predict your future in the industry.

There are times when you get several great, exciting roles; there are times when you don't.

Every time I get a role, I'm surprised. It's like, 'Alright, when am I going to stop fooling them?'

At 19, I got signed up for commercials, it was easy money.