Tom Hanks Quotes

Because of the fact that being a professional actor is not a career that is widely pursued back home in the Cayman Islands, I never thought it was a viable profession. It didn't even cross my mind. So when I knew I wanted to do theater, I didn't think 'actress,' even though I loved to perform.

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

I'm going to be an actor.

I felt, this is what I want to be in my life. I want to be an actress.

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater.

I grew up in a small town in Ireland and didn't know any actors. I never thought it was a viable job. It wasn't until I was on 'The Tudors' that I realised it was a possibility.

If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for. It's a job. If you look at it like a job, and you make it a career and a profession, then you're bound to do well.

I'd done acting at a local drama school on Saturdays. I just enjoyed it. It never entered my mind I could possibly do it for a career.

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

I was in theater when I was in elementary, middle school and high school. I didn't know it would be an actual profession for me. I didn't think of it as a reality.

For me, acting was something I fell into.

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant.

I don't have any desire to ever act again full time.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

I've done so much different stuff, people kinda go, 'Do you live in Islington?' 'Did you used to go to so and so school?' And when I say I'm an actor, they don't believe me!

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.

In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession.

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

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