Charles Shaughnessy Quotes

'All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!

I have done several films, but I've mostly done TV, and 99% of the work I've done has been in Japan.

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.

I started my career in Portugal, and the longest I've ever played a character was for about a year, which is how long our TV shows last.

Great film roles, they always take you to another place. I'd love to do more of that, but I keep doing lots of voiceovers, some TV spots, and some film roles have come along, so I'm okay.

Both my sisters and I were in Stage Door plays, and we did that together, just in, like, little small plays together. And we did that, and it was really fun, and we kinda did commercials, and it kinda took off from there. It was great; it's what I love.

My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.

When I think about my great conversations with Marlon Brando on the set of 'Morituri,' I think there's a story there, just as I do with my experience working with James Cameron on 'Titanic.' And then there are all my years on 'Y&R' and all that has happened there.

I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.

I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.

I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up.

I actually gained a lot of weight when I started to do 'Grey's Anatomy.' Doing eight theater shows a week, girl, is such a workout. But with TV, you're, like, sitting in your trailer waiting to go to the set. And there's catering and craft service every place you look.

I hope to continue doing TV, and I think that what I've learned on 'The Strain' will come in handy.

Soap operas are like TV boot camp. You have to be able to self-direct, learn a ton of dialogue in a short amount of time, and deliver a performance in one or two takes.

I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.

The advice that I was always given when asking for advice about acting was that if I could imagine myself doing anything else, anything else at all, then go do that.

I'd love to do something on 'Mad Men.' Or play Peter Dinklage's cousin on 'Game of Thrones.' That would be fun.

Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV.

My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile.

I got scars from every film I've done, every TV show.

A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to be a soldier.

Compared to the other work I've done on TV, 'Breaking Bad' was funny. In the beginning, I described it as a dark comedy.

I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years.

I hope I get the chance to keep acting in great projects.

I do not see myself doing daily TV soaps!