Acting Quote by Teyonah Parris

I moved to New York and couldn't get a job as an actor. And waited tables for so long.

— Casey Nicholaw

I've been a working actor for many years, but it's not always been successful for me. I certainly struggled in the past.

— Jim Parsons

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's…

— Michael Vartan

I was a struggling actor all my life.

— Soni Razdan

I always felt like a successful actor when I got a job.

— Ann Dowd

I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where…

— Cassandra Peterson

After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been a shipping…

— Wallace Shawn

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

— Shirley Knight

I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.A. soon after graduation to get some…

— Pedro Pascal

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

— Johnny Vegas

I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was…

— Jess Weixler

I hung around New York and did a little stock-company stuff. I wasn't really sure at that time if I even wanted to be…

— Charles Bronson