Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex things. They just didn't suit my taste, so I thought, 'OK, I have to be brave enough to say no.' And for a while, that hurt me immeasurably in the Hollywood world.
I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me.
I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.
Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be okay.
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of.
Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.
I know that's why I became an actress. In my dream world, I could get mad and scream and yell, and if somebody died, they got up again. In real life, I didn't dare try it.
In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.
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