Jeffrey Dean Morgan Quotes

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

It's really good to be a working actor.

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.

When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we would try it out for a couple weeks and come to L.A. from Sacramento.

A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't.

Los Angeles is where I became an actor.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

After high school, I drove out to L.A. with a friend of mine who had just graduated also, and I started auditioning. I got an agent, but it was all 'Saved By the Bell' auditions.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.

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

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

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