Acting as a Calling Quotes

I've never looked at acting like a job. It's never been like that.

Really it was the first time in my life that I recognised that acting is, I'm just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this.

I really enjoy acting, and whether it's TV or films, I feel lucky to be doing it at all. In the end, I'd love to do films, but I'm not going to work just to do work. I only want to do something that I feel right about.

There is nothing I feel that connected or passionate about that would take me away from acting.

For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith.

I don't want to do acting as a chore or a job.

Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.

I always think I love work, and I knew early on that I wanted to be an actress. Then I meet people who have truly dedicated their lives to acting, and I realise that I'm so completely in the back seat.

To me, being an actor is the best job in the land, next to being a mother and having a family and a husband. I just think it's the realization of, "Hey, this is the greatest situation in the world."

I've always approached acting from a passion point of view. It's what I love to do. The fact that we get paid is just a bonus.

t is for me because I needed to do this. I really think actors shouldn't act unless they really need it in their lives. I think it has to be something that is so much a part of your chemistry, such a passion, that you can't live without it. You should not do it just because you are seeking fame or want to get rich.

I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.

I attribute that to the generosity of people that are in the entertainment business because they are all struggling. All roads seem to come to acting, for certain kinds of people that have a reason for being there. They want to be seen and heard, but there's more to it than that. There's a kindred spirit of struggling to find out, "What is this thing? What are we?" It's those eternal questions. But, in the meanwhile, I've met some wonderful people doing this.

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.