As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.
It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored.
The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.
As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.
I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.
As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.
Working hard as an actor means you're doing what you want to do.