“I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.” FeelsYearsDifferentEndsPlayActorsBitsSoundFiveFourSickSillyMusclesFive YearsDrainedCobwebs Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.” GivingMotherActorsFourWeekSummerDaughterSillyNineMovieTurned DownVancouverSilly Movie Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once that I wanted to be a vet because one of the teachers asked me and saying you want to be an actor sounds a little bit silly. And I do still feel a bit silly saying it. You feel a bit fraudulent.” ThinkingWantFeelsLittlesStillsWantedActorsBitsSoundTeacherLittle BitBoringSillyVets Author:Sophie Thompson
“Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tell how silly this all is: him dressed up as someone else speaking words written by a third party.” StillsSeemsActorsPartyAliveWrittenProveOppositesThirdsSillyCorpsesDressed UpThird Parties Author:Antony Sher