Roger Allam Quotes

At the end of the day, if you are an actor, you definitely know that you're just work-for-hire.

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

I've done so much different stuff, people kinda go, 'Do you live in Islington?' 'Did you used to go to so and so school?' And when I say I'm an actor, they don't believe me!

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.

I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.

It was always my goal to be a working actor.

All I really wanted to be was a working actor.

Acting is one industry that is very difficult to plan for. I'd like to continue to do good work.

I am an actress and I do have to make a living.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

I'm a journeyman actor.

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

I like everything about acting.