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"Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss"

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Favreau’s charm here is that he refuses the myth of the actor as master craftsman steering a career with pure talent and will. He starts with pleasure - “Acting is the most fun” - a disarming, almost childlike claim that cuts through prestige talk and reminds you the work is basically play. Then he immediately undercuts it with the adult reality: you can love the job and still be largely powerless in the system that doles it out.

The line “it’s great that I can still do that” carries the quiet subtext of survival. Favreau isn’t a hungry unknown; he’s someone who pivoted into directing and producing, became a franchise-grade builder (Marvel, Star Wars), and now talks about acting as something he gets to keep, not something he’s entitled to. That “still” hints at how quickly the industry can reclassify you: yesterday’s leading man, today’s “interesting supporting,” tomorrow’s “remember him?”

His most telling move is the shrugging honesty of “you don’t really have a lot of control.” That’s not just about auditions; it’s about timing, scripts that collapse, shifting tastes, and the invisible calculus of casting. “Hit or miss” is the unglamorous truth behind red carpets: acting careers aren’t ladders, they’re weather. Favreau’s intent is to normalize that volatility while staking a humble claim to joy - the only part he can reliably own.

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Favreau, Jon. (2026, January 16). Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/acting-is-the-most-fun-i-like-to-do-it-and-its-98824/

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Favreau, Jon. "Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/acting-is-the-most-fun-i-like-to-do-it-and-its-98824/.

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"Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/acting-is-the-most-fun-i-like-to-do-it-and-its-98824/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jon Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is a Actor from USA.

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