Michael Beck Quotes

I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going to do.

But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.

I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

When I grew up I always wanted to act. Also, I wanted to be either a lawyer or a doctor. However, when I got to college and realized what those occupations entailed, I changed my mind real quick.

On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

I made the decision to go on to college and major in drama and see where it would take me.

I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.

I had no intention of being an actor, ever.

I never planned to be an actress.

Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.

I became an actor by accident, not by design.

I can't say that I wanted to be an actress, it just happened along the way. I did not even know that I would be doing modelling but that also just happened.

Bollywood was never really the aim, actually. I mean, sure, you could argue that I could have done more films there; for sure, I could have.

I was in college and got arrested. It was a real scare for me/wake-up call/'Man, you better do something with your life 'cause you don't wanna be a bum' call. That's really why I took music serious.

As much as I've always dreamed of going to college, I have to think about whether it is the right decision for me.

I only got into show business because I quit football.

I made that decision around the time of 'Halloween,' whether I wanted to continue trying to be a singer and rock and roll player or get into movies.

Engineering was the safe and sensible choice, but music was what I loved and wanted to do.

I was in my final year in college when I acted in 'Nanda Gokula.'

Acting was always there in my mind, but I never tried too hard to take it up. I had to pay my bills, so I did whatever came my way. Music happened first, so I took it up quite passionately.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.

There came a time when I had to decide between show business and devoting my full time to medical training. I chose show business.

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.