“But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.” HardTodayActingCareersSuccessful Author:James MacArthur
“I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada. I was also acting in a wonderfully supportive theatre community in Edmonton. There's a lot of support for theatre there. So, I was having a great time, but I didn't consider acting as a serious career initially, because even the most successful actors that I know in Edmonton are not super successful. Acting over there is just not a success-oriented career.” KnowsSchoolActorsCommunityActingCareersSupportStudySuccessfulTeacherSeriousHigh SchoolUniversityTheatreCanadaSupportiveGreat TimesSchool TeachersAlbertaHigh School TeachersEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments, when they let go of the awareness of what they are doing, they still, somewhere deep inside their body, know what they're doing. There is a craft.” KnowsArtStillsMomentsBodyActingSuccessfulAwarenessLetting GoCraftsDeep Inside Author:Meryl Streep
“I would just say that I could share what served me, which was trying to find the best material that I could possibly find and make it better. When other celebrities and sports stars, or people that are successful in another area, cross over into movies, they're always encouraged to bring that same tenacity and that same relentless drive that you had to make it. You have to apply that to acting.” PeopleTryingStarsSportsActingSuccessfulShareMaterialsAreasCrossesRelentlessTenacitySports Stars Author:Dwayne Johnson
“The theater is a baffling business, and a shockingly wasteful one when you consider that people who have proven their worth, who have appeared in or been responsible for successful plays, who have given outstanding performances, can still, in the full tide of their energy, be forced, through lack of opportunity, to sit idle season after season, their enthusiasm, their morale, their very talent dwindling to slow gray death. Of finances we will not even speak; it is too sad a tale.” PeopleStillsPlayActorsOpportunityEnergySpeakGivenActingSuccessfulTalentPerformancesSeasonsTheaterResponsibleTalesFinanceEnthusiasmGrayTidesIdleProvenWagesOutstandingMoraleOutstanding Performance Book:Past imperfect Source: Past imperfect
“Be sure that the reason you are in the business is not to be a star, but because you love the craft of acting. If you have a real passion for it and acting is what you want to do every day, you are much more likely to be successful. If being a star is your primary goal, you may end up being very disappointed.” IfsWantMayRealEndsReasonPassionStarsGoalActingSuccessfulWhat You WantCraftsPrimariesBeing SuccessfulDisappointed Author:Donna Mills
“That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.” PeopleWantLooksHeartKindLongJobsGuyActorsCan DoChallengesActingSuccessfulTypeLong TimeBeing SuccessfulEighty Author:Jason Clarke
“If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease.” IfsJobsWishActingSuccessfulDiseaseSkinsUnsuccessful Author:Marlon Brando
“What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I love coming to work in the morning. What I realized is that I never loved acting. I don't love being in the hair and makeup chair. I don't [love] being in costume. To me the strangest thing is that I've just spent the majority of my life in one aspect of this business, and because I was fortunate enough to become successful I never questioned whether I felt at home and found out later in life that I'm much happier directing.” EnoughHomeFoundFeltLove IsActingMorningSuccessfulHairAspectMajorityI RealizedFortunateChairsMakeupCostumesBecoming SuccessfulLater In LifeHair And Makeup Author:Angelina Jolie
“After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only one that panned out was a small bank, an old Scottish firm with London offices in Pall Mall. I was a director. We sold out to a larger bank. That was the only successful venture I've had, apart from acting.” ActingBrainSuccessfulDirectorsOfficeLondonFirmVentureScottishMallsAccountantsSold Out Author:Sean Connery
“New Mexico is my home. It has never been anything but home. The ranch has rivers and canyon, everything imaginable. I can ride, hunt and fish. At the same time, ranching is grueling, difficult work. It`s like acting, to be successful at it, you have to work hard. I take it very seriously.” I CanHardHomeDifficultActingSuccessfulHard WorkRiversFishesBeing SuccessfulWorking ItMexicoHuntsCanyonsNew MexicoDifficult WorkRanching Author:Val Kilmer
“I think the best advice I ever got about acting was from my dad, which was, 'If they don't buy the fish on the first toss, throw it back in the wagon and go to the second house.' Which is like an old Jewish fishmongers' story about how you become a successful fish monger.” IfsThinkingFirstsStoriesHouseActingSuccessfulAdviceDadMy DadFishesTossBest AdviceWagons Author:Lin Shaye
“What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.” PeopleWantBelieveI CanHardPlayCharacterI BelieveChallengesActingCareersSuccessfulHard WorkProjects Author:Barkhad Abdi