Adam Scott Quotes

A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.

The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

I think I understand why most actors and actresses are insane, because having to go through an emotional roller coaster as your job every day of your life would make somebody absolutely loopy.

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.

I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway.

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.

If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the life of an actor.

I've been working as an actress and sort of struggling along for ten years, so I've been on a million auditions for a million things I haven't booked.

I am weird that I love auditioning.

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

What's comforting about coming from a family of actors is I don't have to explain the struggle. I can just sigh to my sister, 'I had a bad one,' and she'll know exactly the profound audition humiliation I am describing.

Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, 'No, they don't like you. They don't like the way you look. They don't like how old you are.'

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm just not that good at it. Auditioning is super weird, and I'm bad at it.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

The problem with being an actress is there's a lot of rejection.

The terrible thing about acting is the stops and starts.

I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

I think if I'd have been an actor who didn't care, I'd have less gray hair, and I'd be a lot less tired.

Most actors will tell you, when they've got emotional stuff that's hard to carry around for hours and hard to try to do justice too, it just beats your butt.