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There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.

— Julia Stiles

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Really, you want to have variety as an actor. If you spend your career doing one thing solidly, people get burned out.

— Julianne Moore

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

— Marina Sirtis

I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.

— Maiwenn

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

— Thandie Newton

I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.

— Neil Patrick Harris

There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.

— Hugh Dancy

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

— Dan Stevens

As an actor, as you grow into where you fit in the industry, you're just trying to find the opportunities, hoping they grow and you get to do more.

— Mahershala Ali

I am not interested in entertaining people. I think being an actor provides an opportunity to give people an experience they can connect to, reflect on, learn from, laugh at.

— Cory Michael Smith

✗Opposing Perspectives

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

— Jeremy Sisto