Suranne Jones Quotes

I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

I wanted to become an actor. I went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which is one of the main drama schools in London where you go when you are older. But I was doing the junior one when I was a kid. And some friends there had agents. I was fourteen and I was like, "I want an agent! It sounds awesome!" I had no idea what that was. I thought those guys looked like men in black. They were hanging around in suits all the time. So I luckily got a very good agent in London and started auditioning. And then when I was 16, I got my first film and I've been working ever since.

When you're starting out, every line in a show or a commercial is like a huge success.

When I came out to Hollywood in 1985, I thought that I would be sitcom star. I'm a tall, skinny, goofy guy. I thought that I would make a great funny neighbor, or wacky office mate, in a sitcom.

I knew what I wanted to be at 8 years old - an actor!

I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.

Someone can do three episodes of 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' then turn around and book a primetime show. That's happening all the time.

Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.

As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'

By the time 'Dumbo's Circus' wrapped production of its 120 episodes, I had an agent, and I had scored my first feature film gig.

While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.

I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.

When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.

Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.

I was, like, 28 or 29 when I finally was on camera for the first time.

I always wanted to act in movies.

I had a chance to do acting again, and, I don't know, this has always been my plan of what I wanted to do.

I always wanted to be an actor and started modelling for various commercials when I was 16 and when I was in Class XII, got 'Issaq' through auditioning.

I used to visit one production house every day, and I used to take up auditions even for small roles. Before my debut, I must have auditioned at almost every single production house.

I was always toying with the idea of acting.

As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I'm done playing. I work on music, too.

I cannot forget the day when I gave the first screen test of my life. The film was Gulshan Rai's 'Trishul' and I was selected. I was just 16.

Let's not forget that I am an actor and I'm a real budding, enthusiastic and ambitious actor.

I want to be an artist... an actor who acts really well.