Joshua Leonard Quotes

I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

Every actor fears unemployment - even me.

For an actor, to go to work every day is a really rare occurrence. You may work on a film for three months max, and then you're off, so you have to find another job and then work another three months.

That's the insecurity with our job, because you never know where the next role is coming from. No matter how successful you are, there's always a fear of someone not wanting me to play something else.

I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.

I was so worried when I left 'GH:' so scared I'd never work again.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

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

All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.

I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.

I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.

As an actor, it's hard to get work. Sometimes you have to make do with the jobs that you get.

You do get used to the ups and downs, the rejection of auditions and not getting parts, and so when you do get a job, it feels really special, and you try to hold onto it for as long as you can.

I don't want to just be another actor in L.A. looking for a job.

I think most actors will say they always feel like they'll never work again.

I am as curious about my daughter's acting debut as the rest of the world. I think Alia has got the best possible debut under the biggest banner. But it's not going to be easy for her to go from the first to the second film smoothly.

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available?

The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

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.