I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett.
My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.
My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.
I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing.
I was working in commercials and music videos, always with the goal of working in feature films.
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
As an actor, I'm always just so pumped when I get any job. To be a working actor takes a lot of luck.
You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.
I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor.
I know that I'm better as an actor when I'm working with a good actor. I think anytime you're working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.
I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'
As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.
The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.
For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don't care if anybody knows I'm gay' especially if you're a leading man. Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out.