Actor Quote by Martin Compston

As an actor in-between jobs, it can be hard to stay motivated when you feel like you future is always in someone else's hands.…

— Benjamin Stone

There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as…

— Gary Sinise

The biggest challenge to being an actor is, when you're not working, just being unemployed: the downtime and not having anything to do.

— Alden Ehrenreich

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being…

— Kevin Costner

I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of…

— Jean Smart

I think, you know, as an actor, unless you're exceedingly lucky and you're one of the golden few, a lot of your life you're…

— T R Knight

I like to work. I mean, part of it for me is that I was a struggling actor, could barely pay my rent, until…

— Megan Mullally

Having gone from having no money, wanting to just be a working actor - I don't want to just be a working actor anymore.

— Mike Faist

What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by the wayside…

— Benedict Samuel

With my acting career, everything always seems to just fall into place, so it's not about having to try really hard to get work.

— Asher Keddie

As an actor, it's my job to make everything interesting and exciting and new. If I'm not doing my job well, then I'm stealing.

— Allison Mack

I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it from baking,…

— Lauren Bowles