theatrical vocation Quotes

I don't consider myself an actor, for me it's employment. Like the actor who's a waiter a lot, I'm an actor when I'm not on tour, in that that's a job I can do.

I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.

I was the youngest of five, and I think my mother always knew I was meant to be an actress.

The idea of a journeyman actor, people sort of say negatively - "Someone who never made it for real" - [but] I think a journeyman actor is the complete goal.

I wouldn't be an actor if it weren't for the English teacher I had my junior year in high school. She's the one who told me I could be an actor. I had never met an actor, I had never seen a real play, only high school plays. I didn't know actors were real, that it was a real job.

I can't imagine myself not being an actor.

The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.

I was born to be actress. If you're supposed to be doing this, you come in knowing it. I truly believe that. And then, of course, you have to let yourself walk the path of it. But I was just always drawn to it.

Acting is an empty and useless profession.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.