A strange thing happens to me that I'm sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I'm not 'me' any more.
As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.
I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.
I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.
After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk.
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there.
I believe your thoughts are your thoughts, but are you a human being in front of the camera, or an actor? They are two different things.
I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.
The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you're way ahead of the game.
