Go Quote by George Packer

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a journalist maybe…

— Jessica Lucas

I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in…

— Hugh Jackman

Acting can be a very cruel mistress. It's not a meritocracy. In other walks of life, by being good at what you do, you…

— Mark Strong

Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And I’ll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists.…

— Nora Ephron

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

— Brit Hume

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with…

— Benjamin Booker

An actor can be as good as the opportunity that he/she gets.

— Mohnish Bahl

As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a certain degree…

— Elijah Wood

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen…

— Ron Silver

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince…

— Laurence Fox