Bruce Campbell Quotes

The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.

'Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.

The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

I need work. I still audition for work. I don't get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.

I grew up in a small town where I went to the movies a lot and fell in love with all these people. I also fell in love with the movie business. So all I saw were actors on the screen so I thought, well, that's what I have to be if I want to be a part of the movie business.

With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

After my debut in 2001 in 'Aks,' where I had a small part, I had to work really hard to get work in the industry. For almost three years, I had no work.

People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy.

Well, to tell you honestly, I am still waiting for much better roles. And I am slightly surprised that despite seeing the quality and hard work, the Hindi film industry is still not creating projects that I can be a part of.

Daawat-E-Ishq' did not do as well as we expected, so yes, when a film doesn't do as well as you wanted it to, it hurts, especially after you have put your sweat and blood on it.

I don't want to do just anything on screen and get frustrated watching myself in a film.

You shouldn't think about the fate of the films. The film might succeed or fail, but your performance must be good. You should work hard for every film.

As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

I auditioned for four or five years and didn't get anything after that.