Jodie Whittaker Quotes

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.

I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

We weren't a Hollywood family. We were simply a show business family.

If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.

My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.

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.

Everyone wants to be a movie star or a model, to be in the papers, but few realise just what hard work it is, getting up early, and so on.

Hollywood is my day job.

I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

I don't see myself being an actress forever.

I think a lot of kids I've met in L.A. trying to act want to escape working long days and think acting is all photoshoots and red carpets.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

Hollywood is an image. We project these fantasies on to it, but people are just people.

The only benefit of my dad being in the film industry was that I got a reality check right from the start. I wasn't delusional and didn't want to be an actor just for the glamour.

I've always said it ain't 'Show Friends.' It's 'Show Business.'