Nick Offerman Quotes

I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor, is a little more than most people understand. Most of the time you're just sitting around taking coffee with friends.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things.

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.

I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.

As an actor, you're never busy enough.

Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.

I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

When I have spare time, I catch up on things I've had to postpone due to lack of time.