Marin Ireland Quotes

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

I love the idea that I have the power to look for the projects I can put myself into, but I'm still at that level of just being happy to have a job.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.

I'm not saying I want a film career because I think I'm too good for television. I'm simply saying I want more control over my life.

I want to be able to manipulate and control my career from the creative side.

I wanted to build up a little nest egg and go back to L.A. and choose roles that I wanted to do instead of roles that I had to do to pay the bills.

It wasn't conscious, but I'm glad I've had a slow and steady career path. I wanted to develop my style, and I wanted to be the one making the decisions. Sometimes, when you become a success quickly, those decisions are out of your control.

I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries.

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

Early on, I decided I would see if I could make a career work on my own terms.

Actors are very often people who are placed in a position where they think they have to be grateful for the job and have no control over what they play and how they play it. I was not taught that way. I completely disagree with that. I think that you have more control than you think.

The main thing for me was that I wanted to be able to decide when my international career would end after 10 years myself.

It's important to drive your own ship, and it's your career, so you might as well take it by the reins.

When you ask me why I do one film a year, it is not my fault. I've chosen what I liked from whatever work came my way.

I have direction, but I was very particular about the things that I wanted to do, and I refused to get just like, a regular job.

I got a lot of offers after 'Rockstar' but was totally dependent on the team managing my work, who did not want me to sign any of the films I was offered, even though I wanted to.

The best phase for an actor is when he or she gets to choose what they want to play. Sometimes you do a film because the unit is good, the company is fantastic, and the intention is well placed.

As an actress, all I can do is choose from the films I am offered.

I am glad that I am in a position to select scripts I would be comfortable working in.