If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's not like there's no work in Scotland, but speak to any actor, and they'll tell you it's limited. So you have to go to London or Manchester to broaden your horizons.
In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
Actors are sellers, and I figured out a long time ago that if you wanted to work a lot, you had to be on the buying side.
My degree was in theater administration. So I can sell the hell out of a ticket at the box office.
Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie star, at least not when I'm out in 'real life' like this. Not that I don't use what fame I have, every chance I get, to help sell more books.
Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.
Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.
Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
You can work and scratch out a living in the theatre, but, if you want to make money, you've got to hit the road. You've got to play big houses of 2, 3 thousand seaters with your name above the bill, do popular fare and reach out to the audience such as it is.