Walter Koenig Quotes

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.

Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.

Acting is a tough business to break into.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.

I'm a working actor, so I do pretty much whatever comes along because it's my job.

I'm going to be an actor.

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job. You're going to a job.

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

Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.

It's really hard to make a living as an actor. I'm grateful as I drive to work every morning.

Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy.

The percentage of actors employed is pretty small, and if you're lucky enough to have a good run at it, you do have a sense of responsibility.

I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

I want to act. That'd be so much fun.

When you're an actor, there are so many opportunities that are not in your control.

If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for. It's a job. If you look at it like a job, and you make it a career and a profession, then you're bound to do well.