The Actor's Life Quotes

“Every project you finish has value.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“The single best thing an actor can do, both professionally and personally, is to create their own work.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck—who keeps right on going—is the man who is there when the good luck comes—and is ready to receive it.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” —Anaïs Nin”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“(If you are thinking of moving to Los Angeles, some
good spots for voung actors to live are West Hollywood, Los Feliz. Silverlake, Eagle Rock, and Studio City.)”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Gone are the days of buying stamps and mailing audition submissions. Today we have the internet. No more post office.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Finally, don’t compare yourself to anybody. It’s the hardest thing to do, to not compare. But, really, the worst thing you can do is compare yourself to anyone. I loved Chris Farley and I wanted to be Chris Farley and it took me years to realize . . . I’m not Chris Farley and I’ll just be me.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“I was always inspired by Billy Bob Thornton and how he made Sling Blade, how he made and financed that movie based off of a short. I always feel like, if I’m going to sell something, I want to show a short. That would be my advice to people who want to pitch. Make it yourself and show it. Because it’s a visual creation. Show them. And, more than anything, you have to prove that you’re the only person that can make the show. Make people trust that you believe in it so much that you are the best and only person who can do it.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“to people who admire their work and seek to emulate them. If you don’t get to see the notes, the rewrites, and the steps, it’s easy to look at a finished product and be under the illusion that it just came pouring out of someone’s head like that. People who are young, or still struggling, can get easily discouraged, because they can’t do it like they thought it was done. An artwork is a finished product, and it should be, but I always swore to myself that I would not hide my brushstrokes.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Artists frequently hide the steps that lead to their masterpieces. They want their work and their career to be shrouded in the mystery that it all came out at once. It’s called hiding the brushstrokes, and those who do it are doing a disservice”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“I needed to stop comparing myself to other people and commit to an actor’s life, with all its ups and downs. Then, I needed to change my approach. Being an actor is a lifestyle. I wasn’t able to shop at Pottery Barn because I hadn’t chosen the well-worn path of a conventional job. I had chosen the path of an artist. I needed to embrace my decision.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend feeling sorry for themselves.” —Barbara Corcoran”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know, you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“found someone who had the answer: His name is Robert D’Avanzo,”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Your job as an actor is to create a consistent body of work.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

“Keep away from the people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Jenna Fischer, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide