Kelly Lynch Quotes

I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

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.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.

In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.

Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.

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

Could you ever call me a 'leading man?' Not really. It's not that I don't want leading man roles, but there's only so many, and they want Tom Hanks, not me.

I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.

I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is. Especially as you get older, there's not as much of a range of potentially feasible parts.

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.

I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.

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