I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.
Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.
Life as an actor has toughened me up, and I've learned that you shouldn't take things too personally. Someone once said that to do this job you need talent, luck and a thick skin - which is so true.
I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.
One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
As an actor, I never go back and look at my work, anyway. The satisfaction comes in the doing.
I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.
As an actor, I've grown considerably. For example, it's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I do it a lot better than I ever did. I've really opened up a lot. And I'm glad I have because I'm being appreciated for it.
At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really love and enjoy spending time with, it's just such a rare thing. You hear so many horror stories.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.