Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
But I'm very happy to work within tight parameters, and when you know you have an actor for two days, and you have to get that work done in two days, that focuses the mind wonderfully.
Actors create a fantastic lifestyle thinking they're going to be able to maintain it. Then they can't get work or have to start taking work that doesn't suit them.
I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup, because as an actor, I enjoy performing. It's about the creation of the character and the art to me, not about being comfortable and how long it all takes.
Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job in the first place, but we also thrive off the uncertainty of it.
The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else.
Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.
I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.