Holly Hunter Quotes

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.

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.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

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

My advice to young actors is to push yourself and to aspire to be great.

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

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.

I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

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

When you're just an actor, maybe not the top of the list guys, you get constant rejection and it's fun.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I've been at this a long time, but commercials are what hit for me. Casting directors watch those commercials.

My great love is the stage because I do feel like it's the place where, if you're lucky and everything is firing in the right way, you have the greatest shot at being successful. I don't mean by getting great reviews, but I mean by finding the core fo the person that you're playing.

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

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.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

Acting is a tough business, but if you really want to do it, you should go full force.

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.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people.