Eric Cantona Quotes

Acting is definitely something I want to do after I finish playing basketball.

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.

When I was a little younger, I realized acting is a wonderful craft, and it's wonderful when you are working.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.

I wanted to try acting and did it in high school and through college.

I did theater when I was younger, and I'm not the best actor ever - I haven't done it in a long time - but hey, if an opportunity presented itself, I would take it!

I've always identified as an actor. That's what I set out to do.

I had the acting bug from a very early age.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

Once I got started acting I loved it.

Acting was truly all that I ever wanted to do. I've always acted in plays and sang and played music, and you get to a certain age and think there's nothing else that you'd rather do.

For me, acting was something I fell into.

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.

I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

I've had plenty of crappy jobs, but the only job I've ever really dedicated myself to has been acting. It's my life.

As a kid, I used to sing, dance, I was into dramatics. I would love to pursue being an actor, but not as such as a hero.