As an actor you have to get used to receiving gentle little pies in the face. James Purefoy actorfacegentle Change image and share on social
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Ebon Moss-Bachrach actorboscontrol Change image and share on social
As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie. John Hawkes actorawarecamera Change image and share on social
As an actor, you have to understand how you are seen and then play with that. Otherwise, my looks are not important. Greg Wise actorimportantplay Change image and share on social
As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. Mia Wasikowska actorbusinesscast Change image and share on social
As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience. Michelle Yeoh actorartistaudience Change image and share on social
As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled. Mike Colter actorartisticallybusiness Change image and share on social
As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you love, and you hope that job will last - those things have happened. To have that platform to then talk about something that is very personal to me like marriage equality, it feels like a gift. I try and really respect that voice and not abuse it. Jesse Tyler Ferguson abuseactorequality share on social
As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive. Kathryn Hahn actorgreatlove Change image and share on social