Actors Quote by Michael Ironside

I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.

— Roger Moore

I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.

— Nick Offerman

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got…

— Christopher Walken

My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director…

— Celia Imrie

After leaving school, I worked as an electrician before becoming an actor.

— David Jason

I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I started professionally acting in '80.

— Paul Raci

I come from a production assistant background. That was my first role on a set before even being an actor, that and writing.

— Quinta Brunson

I've been an actor for a very long time, and I've had the opportunity to do theater a couple of times.

— Joshua Jackson

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

— Ron Perlman

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

— Hal Holbrook

I made my living as a theater actor before I got my record deal.

— Lari White