Actor Struggles Quotes

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm over getting torn up about that.

Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.

The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.

I started writing because I wasn't getting things as an actor.

One of the big struggles for an actor is sometimes you have to take work that you don't necessarily want to do so you can pay rent.

It's a tough journey as an actor in Los Angeles.

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

The point of being a movie star is that people cast you in a role. Actors tie themselves in knots trying to get out of that.

I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.

Released in 1967, 'Farz' was the remake of a Telegu film that was turned down by most actors of the time - Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra... I was the needy and greedy one then and signed the film gladly.

By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.'

You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works.

Unless people are in the shoes of a child actor, they don't realise how difficult it can be at times. I definitely enjoy what I'm doing, though.

As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.

Being a TV actor, I have done many roles. Working daily at times gets to you.

I have bullshit moments every once in a while - like every actor does.

I've been in so many good movies that I felt like nobody saw; it's a pretty dreadful feeling.

In a way, I don't want to know what's being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don't want to have to think about the reasons why I don't get one job or do get one job. I can say, 'Oh, my height,' and that'll make me feel better, but I don't know for sure.

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.

My worst audition was for Tim Burton for 'Batman.'

Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.