The truth is that from the age of 14, I felt about 40, and for that reason, I felt that I would never succeed as an actor until my looks caught up with my actual age.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an ingenue at 22. But I was always certain of it and certain of its power. I felt the power when I went to the theater at 9, 10, 12 and 14.
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
I became an actor when I was 22.
Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.
I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.
I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.
I was 40 when I did my first movie.
I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.
I was very young when I became an actor: I was 19 years old.