“I thought I'd have time to become a movie star. And it didn't happen, did it? We're still waiting. And they're saying, 'Don't hold your breath, kid.' Even movie stars can't get movies, you know what I mean?” KnowsMeanStillsHappensKidsStarsWaitingBreathsMovie Star Author:Veronica Hamel
“I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.” PeopleThinkingFallActingExerciseCampsGreat Exercise Author:Kerry Bishe
“All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.” ThinkingFeelsEnoughCharacterActorsWonderRolesGood Enough Author:Ryan Gosling
“There are a great number of people from New Jersey who go on to have pretty successful careers.” PeopleNumbersCareersSuccessfulGoes OnJerseyNew JerseySuccessful Career Author:Kerry Bishe
“I was a mime. Im not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.” ShowsCompanyTrainingUniversityChicagoMimeNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Kerry Bishe
“To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that its never done; its never perfect, and so its the process. Its like practicing being okay with things not being perfect and things being outside of your control.” DoneActorsProcessPerfectOkayThings I LoveNot Being PerfectBeing Okay Author:Kerry Bishe
“I could never understand how to build a computer, but the best I could hope for is to understand the people that do.” PeopleComputer Author:Kerry Bishe
“I love smart and curious people. I value intelligence in my friends and relationships.” PeopleValuesSmartMy FriendsCurious Author:Kerry Bishe
“I think its really rare to see women on television who are brilliant, selfish, vain, fallible - and I feel like I have all those capacities in myself, so its good to see people in the media representing all of those things.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMediaTelevisionCapacityBrilliantSelfishVainRepresenting Author:Kerry Bishe
“My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.'” YearsFirstsTwoShowsJobsActingWeekCollegeFirst TimePaidActressesFestivalsJuniorsTwo WeeksJuliusUtahSophomoreJunior YearSophomore YearCalpurnia Author:Katy Mixon