The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver.
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Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.
There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.
In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.
There's something very fine and lucid and rich in this tradition of the English actor.
To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.
In England, I've never had to drive myself to work. I don't think the English producers trust actors to get up at five A.M. and get to the set on time.
I think basically an actor is a salesman.
Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.
I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.
Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.
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