Ian Harding Quotes

That's your dream, to get paid and take care of your family. But you still want to win, too.

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

I'm super grateful to be an employed actor.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

All I really wanted to be was a working actor.

Listen, when you're starting out you're trying to be as creative as possible about how you can use your skills as an actor to make money.

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 didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'

I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going to be an actor financially, emotionally, egotistically.

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

I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

I'd been in Hollywood for five years before I started writing 'The Guild.' I worked enough to pay all my bills. So I was very lucky in that respect. Most people don't make a living acting.

I'd like to be doing quality acting in a quality role and making as many people as possible happy.

I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.

Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived from anything related to art.

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

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.

You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is that. But the fact is, most of the actors out there don't earn $3 million a picture and can't afford to take two years off between films and look for the right thing. Most of us are tradesmen.

I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else.

I would like to continue making music and acting in projects that give me a lot of satisfaction.

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.