Phyllis Smith Quotes

I'm always looking for a good role.

I'm an actor. I'm hired to play whatever it is they want me to play - if I'm lucky enough to be cast for the part - which seems to take a lot of luck these days.

I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place.

I would definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role.

The first job I booked was on 'True Blood.' I played a blood siren.

Honestly a role is a role - whichever industry it is in - TV, stage or films.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

If I were to be cast as Cyrano or a Connecticut prep-school teacher or a gay boutique owner, it would only happen if some director I had worked with in the past said, 'Why don't we give Rispoli a shot at it?'

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.

My very first role was with James Earl Jones on 'Gabriel's Fire' on TV. He drove a Chevy Citation, which is the exact same car that I bought from a guy in San Francisco called Sandy Boone. I showed up on set, and James Earl Jones was driving the car I had bought from Sandy for $250.

I don't think I auditioned for 'Ghostbusters II'.

I like actors - I used to be one.

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought I'd play one in a movie! I started doing theater in middle school and tested for 'Victorious' before being in an episode of 'iCarly.'

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.

I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.

Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.

All I ever cared about was actors - toughest job in this business.

The more roles there are, the more actors there are.

I auditioned for 'Westworld' thinking it was gonna be a knock-off spoof. Thank God I didn't know Anthony Hopkins was starring in it.

I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.