“Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.” ChildrenActorsToughAdolescenceChild Actors Author:Jodie Foster
“It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.” IfsYearsActorsSituationCareersSuccessfulTough Author:Ray Stevenson
“So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsActorsWinningCareersInvolvedToughIncrediblesHolesPrizeRabbitsCredibilityCameronRabbit HolesTough ManPrize Winning Author:Miles Teller
“People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.” PeopleThinkingImportantAbleActorsWalksToughSkinsImportant ThingsVulnerableThickThick Skin Author:Jess Weixler
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding up to one person.” PeoplePersonsTwoRealPlayActorsToughReal Person Author:Oren Moverman
“I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren't able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It's really tough on young actors now.” FeelsAbleYoungActorsOpportunityToughSorryStartingTheatreStarting OutYoung Actors Author:Antony Sher
“Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding.” SelfHardActorsToughFellowsChicago Author:Bill Murray
“I work on a TV show I love, I have the opportunity to do movies with actors I respect, and I'm in love with the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, who pushes me and excites me. There's this fighter in me that kind of needs to be put to rest a little bit. I don't need to be so tough to protect myself.” MenWantNeedsKindLittlesShowsActorsOpportunityBitsHe ManTvsProtectLittle BitToughFighterTv Shows Author:Ali Larter
“If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.” IfsJobsActorsTalkingOne ThingObjectsTough Author:Kevin Spacey
“I've been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that's not really there, but it wasn't hard with Halle because she's a great person and very beautiful, so it ain't a tough job at the end of the day.” PersonsEndsHardJobsBeautifulActorsEmotionToughThe End Of The DayScenariosVery BeautifulGreat Person Author:Benjamin Bratt
“The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.” PeopleIfsFirstsKindWantedJobsNextActorsWonderSecurityMy FriendsToughDay To DayExhilarating Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel this way or that way about my character does not feel like my responsibility. It feels like the responsibility of the writer and the person who created it.” WayFeelsShouldPersonsDoeCharacterPoliticalActorsResponsibilityTough Author:Emma Stone
“I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShowsActorsGamesEasyWeekStageToughResponsibleEightBroadwayGigsDebutSissyStage Actors Author:Patti LuPone