Janina Gavankar Quotes

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.

You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1, two, three or four in the world.

Like any other aspirational actor, I wanted to be a part of films.

When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

When people find out you're an actress, they Google you.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

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

I've been a very lucky actor.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.

Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.

I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

I'm super grateful to be an employed actor.

When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.

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