“I never thought of myself as being that good looking, I was an actor, people saw me on television, and then they start to think you're good looking because of that presentation. I was no better looking before the show, than after - and before the TV show I couldn't get a date to save my life. So what changed? Did I suddenly become more good looking? No. I got lucky, I got a TV show. That's what happened.” PeopleThinkingShowsActorsSawsHappenedChangedTelevisionTvsLuckyTv ShowsLooking GoodPresentation Author:Parker Stevenson
“Well if I had my choice I would not - I wouldn't mind working with Alec Baldwin, but the mother role - I'm kidding. It's terrific. I'll tell you what happened with Alec Baldwin and myself. This is a couple acting together just this side of heaven. He's one of the best actors I've ever worked with in whole life. And I - I'm not overdoing it. I just think he's about the best around today. So I got lucky.” IfsThinkingMindWellsWholeTodayTogetherMotherChoicesActorsHeavenSidesActingRolesHappenedCoupleLuckyWhole LifeTerrificOverdoing ItActing Together Author:Elaine Stritch
“I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a kid, we'd just talk about it. I'm usually pretty open about what's going on with me. I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult.” IfsI CanHardKidsActorsGrowsParentDifficultTalkingGrowing UpLuckyFakePhenomenalGreat Actors Author:Eric Lange
“I think that almost every scene was an exploration - it was never going to be just what’s on the page. So I know I was very lucky - we all were - to work with a cast of this caliber. These are extremely experienced and intelligent actors, who are also deeply emotional and - as you say - are also engaged in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldActorsEmotionalSceneLuckyPagesIntelligentCastsEngagedExplorationCaliber Author:Oren Moverman
“I'm really lucky. I never really felt like LA was the Mecca, that you "made it" if you made it somewhere else. I've been a journeyman actor for my whole career. I just sort of went where I was invited. I worked the early part of my career in Canada before I had the luxury of doing an American series, which brought me down to LA.” IfsMadeWholeActorsFeltCareersLuckySeriesLuxuryMade ItCanadaInvitedSomewhere ElseMecca Author:Kristin Lehman
“I think that as actresses - and I've definitely gone through this in a really bizarre way, because I worked so much and was really lucky with the roles that I got when I was younger - I remember hearing the older actors saying, "It gets tough," and thinking, "Really? I can't imagine."” ThinkingWayI CanRememberActorsRolesGoneImagineLuckyToughHearingActressesBizarre Author:Winona Ryder
“I feel very lucky to be part of this amazing show [Exorcist] with such an amazing cast of actors, with a really talented writer behind it all.” FeelsShowsActorsBehindsLuckyCastsExorcist Author:Alfonso Herrera
“There's something that happens where you go, if you're lucky, goodness me, from film to another film to another film. And you can sort of feel that if you step off that treadmill, it might all go horribly wrong and you might never be employed again, you know. And I suddenly thought that that's not necessarily the case. And I also thought we make drama as actors about people in the world and that if you are on that treadmill, you start making films about other films.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFeelsMightHappensFilmActorsStepsCasesDramaLuckyGoodnessEmployedTreadmills Author:Ewan McGregor
“What I normally do as an actor in playing different roles, I just have to do in a span of three seconds sometimes, so I think I'm lucky that I've been doing it so long that I can do it rather quickly.” ThinkingLongI CanDifferentSometimesThreeActorsCan DoRolesLuckySecondsI Can Do It Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Breakfast Club was great because we had a real rehearsal, and we shot primarily in sequence. I thought that was going to be how movies were done. I didn't really know how lucky we all were. We had a director that liked actors. I didn't know that was going to be rare.” KnowsRealDoneActorsKnow HowLuckyDirectorsShotsClubsBreakfastSequenceRehearsal Author:Judd Nelson
“For me, I'm not in an industry where I'm starving. I'm so lucky to have this job, I'm compensated for my work in an incredible way. But what I do ask is when I join a production I want to make sure that the male actor isn't making four times my salary, which has been true, or seven times my salary. And if that's true you go, you know what, I don't need this job. It's not really asking for more - it's asking for something that is respectable and equal to the male actor and you have to go, why are women being valued less?” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsHas BeensJobsActorsAsksFourIndustryLuckyEqualAskingSevenMalesIncrediblesProductionsSalaryStarvingRespectableSo LuckyTrue You Author:Jessica Chastain
“It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very seriously, show up on time, know my lines, and give the best performance that I can because I'm doing something that so many other people work very hard to have and never get.” PeopleKnowsGivingHas BeensI CanHardEnoughShowsJobsActorsLinesResponsibilityLuckyPerformancesBest Performance Author:Eric Stonestreet
“Most actors don't understand acting. I think it's an art form that craft is out the window. I don't think people get it at all, most of the time. Or they get some of it, not all of it. If you get an Academy Award nomination, you think 95 percent of the profession is unemployed at any given time, most people will never even find work as an actor, and the ones who do will probably make $50,000 a year at the most if they're lucky. Some will never do Broadway. Some will never do a major role. And a really, really, really small percentage of them maybe will be nominated for a major award.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsArtFormActorsGivenActingRolesLuckyMajorsPercentWindowProfessionCraftsAwardsBroadwayPercentagesAcademyUnemployedNominationsAcademy Awards Author:Viola Davis
“I'm really lucky, I have my performing career so I can continue to do personal appearances. Most actors have to do a film. But I thought I would wait until I found something I really liked.A lot of my friends feel that I'm wrong to wait. They say I should have done My Bodyguard, but I don't think so. I think I've been right.” ThinkingFeelsShouldI CanDoneFilmActorsFoundWaitingCareersLuckyMy FriendsShould HaveAppearancePerformingBodyguardPersonal Appearance Author:Diana Ross
“I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a lot of questions is that part of this job and this life we've chosen is doing personal exploration in front of an audience. In a lot of ways, that's what art is: personal searching with people watching.” PeopleWayArtJobsArtistActorsAudienceOne ThingFrontsLuckyArt IsAskingChosenAdmireThis LifeExploration Author:Jason Segel
“I was actually away in Africa doing 'Generation Kill' while everyone was auditioning for Twilight. They all had, like, five different auditions: I was so lucky that I came back from Africa just in time and the actor who was playing Emmett fell through, lucky for me!” DifferentActorsFiveGenerationsLuckyTwilightAuditionsSo Lucky Author:Kellan Lutz
“I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.” PeopleYearsKindActorsTermRolesAudienceLuckyDirectorsAll KindsCinematographers Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.” PeopleIfsWayChildrenPlayActorsFunRolesRichFootballLuckyBeachMy ChildrenFabulousGood WayCaribbean Author:Gary Oldman
“One of the reasons people find me a believable actor is that I don't seem like one of the gods from Olympus. I seem like someone who was lucky enough to be let into Olympus.” PeopleReasonEnoughSeemsActorsLuckyFind MeBelievableOlympus Author:John C. Reilly
“When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest.” LooksActorsWrittenHonestLuckyUnbelievableCastingWritten WordSo Lucky Author:Jason Reitman
“Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.” WayInspirationalFeelsMotivationalKidsActorsGivenActingCreativeLuckyFindingsAccessInsecurityAngstOverweight Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I got so lucky on my 'Red Widow' cast. It was just the universe looking out for me that I got those actors. It's a big ensemble cast, a very international cast. I don't know how that happened.” KnowsBigsUniverseActorsKnow HowHappenedLuckyRedInternationalCastsWidowsEnsembleSo Lucky Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.” ThinkingWantYearsNextActorsOpportunityActingLuckyAmbitionBe GoodReally CoolCool ThingsLife Ambition Author:Kristen Stewart
“Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.” WantEnoughDiesActorsPayPositionLuckyMoviePoolPatron Author:Quentin Tarantino