But soon the young would-be actor had lost the girl and a job, and landed on the streets for three months.

Every would-be actor in this city was a bartender or a waiter.

He was 4 when his mother left his father, a would-be actor; she drove a cab, and they moved around a lot.

A would-be actor and poet since he was 11, Poetri, now 28, started out trying to be a rap star but didn't get far.

He was not only a brilliant writer but a consummate performer and would-be actor.

Paddy Considine plays a would-be actor who drives a taxi at night.

Addressing a group of would-be actors, she said the best way to get along with tough directors was "don't die when they knock you down."

Her son Reis is 18 and a would-be actor.

A play about how wretched the life of a would-be actor is.

I was a would-be actor in those days, too.