Brian d'Arcy James Quotes

I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.

You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same.

Honestly, I know it sounds corny, but as an actor, I'm just so happy to have a job.

I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

I'm super grateful to be an employed actor.

I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

I really wait for the job to come. Whatever job comes up, I just want to keep working. The jobs don't always come, so you take whatever is available and hope it's a good one.

I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just are so grateful. I am so happy to get to do what I love.

I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing.

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

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.

I interviewed quite a few times and finally got a job with the Nationals. And I greatly appreciate it.

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

That's my only plan: to keep doing good roles and win appreciation.

In between jobs, you think your luck has run out, but they keep on letting me do what I love to do. I really can't complain.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.