Actor's Agency Quotes

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.

I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that aspect.

I've been fortunate that the roles I've auditioned for, I auditioned because I felt I was the right actor to play that part.

As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a certain degree you're at the mercy of what is available, what you're reading, what you become passionate about, and ultimately, what people want to hire you for.

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.

People ask me if I'm afraid of getting typecast, but you can't be afraid of that. It's really not up to you. I'm getting other parts that aren't vampires.

Im not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, Ive taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors arent.