Mira Sorvino Quotes

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.

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

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

I never took to Hollywood.

I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

Glamour is a very small aspect of being an actress.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on 'The Big C' has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so she's warned me what to expect.

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

I just stepped off the show biz bus and changed gears.

I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.