Nasim Pedrad Quotes

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I take class at the Groundlings, and my personal coach is Lesley Kahn.

When I decided I wanted to be an actor in high school, I really went into improv. I took classes at The Groundlings. I studied acting. Did sketch comedy in L.A.

I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.

For newcomers, modelling is like a stepping stone to acting. The exposure and experience in modelling helps... But for acting, we have to show a lot of hard work and dedication towards it.

I was always sorted; I wanted to become an actor.

I moved to California in 2011 to be a writer. A family friend told me to take acting classes so I could do commercials and actually make a little money.

I was about 15 when I decided that acting was what I wanted to pursue professionally.

I had never thought I would be an actor.

My true goal was to be an actor, was to be on TV. I wanted nothing more.

I love doing humorous roles and I write my characters that way. But I haven't received many offers from others to do comedy.

Before getting into movies, I decided to get modeling or acting assignments in Delhi.

I was a struggling actor all my life.

I always liked acting, but it was not that I was dying to become an actress. It just happened, and I am enjoying it.

I needed to be an actor more than anything.

I'm taking my time with the acting and learning as I go.

It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.

It's always been fun for me to play somebody else. I did drama class when I was younger. It kind of just happened. I never said, 'I want to act.' I just auditioned for the role, I got it. I was blessed with this opportunity to be in 'Earth to Echo.' It's fun for me; it's cool to do.

I thought there might be a career in acting because I had other friends doing it.

I told my mother I wanted to be an actress, and the next thing I know is that I'm studying in a very expensive film school.

Understand that I had no concept of what being an actor was like when I was a kid - but I wanted to be an actor. Dressing up and being other people seemed like so much fun, but I didn't know what was involved.

I love acting. I'm definitely working on all things acting.

I wanted to be an actor since I was just nine-years-old.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; I just did not know when and where. I was open to experimenting.

I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job.