There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have something steady.
You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage that comes with being a known actor just adds to that struggle.
There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.
I don't have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force.
As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.
As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.
There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.
As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.