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The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

— Rosamund Pike

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✓Similar Perspectives

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

— Jim Caviezel

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.

— Martin Freeman

Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.

— Joel Edgerton

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!

— John C. McGinley

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

— Jeffrey Donovan

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

— Alyssa Milano

✗Opposing Perspectives

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

— Ice T

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

— Jacki Weaver

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

— Kevin Bacon

I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.

— Elizabeth Reaser