Dhanush Quotes

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.

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.

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.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have something steady.

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business.

It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!

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

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

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

The scripts don't come pouring in; I have to fight for every part.

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

Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is.

I didn't pursue acting as a career until I got my first job. I didn't think I could make a living at it. You hear such horror stories about how hard it is to get work as an actor. It is hard, but I decided to roll with it.

Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.

One of the big struggles for an actor is sometimes you have to take work that you don't necessarily want to do so you can pay rent.

I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what will happen in an acting career.

I've managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I'm very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.