Actor Quote by Norbert Leo Butz

Years ago, having an Equity Card usually meant you were trained, either in radio or theatre rep, which doesn't exist now. So there is…

— Amanda Redman

I got my Equity card playing Helena in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' and I think that's the first job I got that was an…

— Betsy Brandt

The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it…

— Jonathan Groff

Mike Nichols got me my Equity card.

— Jon Tenney

While I was at NYU, I did a play at The Public called 'The Forbidden City,' where I went in as an understudy and…

— Chandra Wilson

I used up every cent I had earned as an actress.

— Gene Tierney

I may not be a trained actor, but I've paid my dues. And I mean that literally. I am a fully dues-paid member of…

— Donna Brazile

I realized after my first play that no one was going to offer me roles for theatre. So I started my own theatre company…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

— Gene Tierney

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the…

— Ralph Ineson

Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name.

— Michael Keaton

I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I…

— Rachael Taylor