If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face of every young, beautiful, successful upstart.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the best advice I ever got about acting was from my dad, which was, 'If they don't buy the fish on the first toss, throw it back in the wagon and go to the second house.' Which is like an old Jewish fishmongers' story about how you become a successful fish monger.
I would hate to be 65 and think, 'What if I had tried to be an actor?'
I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.
It can be tough as a jobbing actor.
Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.
I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.
That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.
Actors are very generous.
If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.