Josie Loren Quotes

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

My parents have truly gone above and beyond in not only supporting me but also encouraging me to follow my dreams. My dad's only wish was that I made sure to go to college for theatre and study my craft.

When I graduated from high school, my mom and dad were saying I needed to go to college, but I said I wanted to pursue my dream of acting. At the end of my high school career, they quit their jobs, and we moved out to California on a leap of faith.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name.

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

When I started playing, my parents told me to go to university. They just said choose wisely and find something you can combine with training.

I don't want to be a top Bollywood actress. That's not what is driving me.

When you were a child you had dreams of becoming somebody as an adult. Have you lived up to your dreams?

I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk.

No one I knew in Sydney was thinking about how they might come to America and become a movie star. That would be considered delusions of grandeur. My parents were supportive, though. They just told me to keep at it as long as I was having fun.

I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.

I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache.

It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.

I had a lot of time to think in the service; I swore that, if I survived, nothing would keep me from an acting career.

My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.

I was so lucky to have parents who supported me, 100%, with whatever I was doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams.

I'm going to keep pursuing my dream, keep singing and, hopefully, move to L.A.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.