Denis Lavant Quotes

The first thing I wanted to be was a clown.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a clown. I didn't want to be an actor, I wanted to join the circus and entertain people.

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.

I never gave much thought to anything since I was 22 years old, when I got into the arts, so when Larry David came to my house in 2000, I didn't even think about it - I just thought about showing up on the set.

There was never anything else I wanted to pursue. It was always theater, and movies are a fairly new thing.

I did clown training for months.

My father was an entertainer, and he knew what he was doing.

Earlier in my career, I just wanted to be an entertainer.

WWE prepares you for so much other stuff in entertainment.

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks - that's show business.

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.

The circus is a global theme. It exists in all parts of the world - maybe not in Africa, but it exists in Asia in all parts. In Latin America, it's difficult to find a person who hasn't gone to the circus.

Obviously, being WWE Champion was my main goal in life, but when I started acting, the main thing I wanted to do was play a superhero or supervillain.

Maybe I will end up in the movies.

'Miscast' is a family affair. It highlights so many different aspects of the industry in that one night, and it's a great evening.

I have always had a career, be it modeling, reality TV, or even my not-so-great films.

I must've been about 7 or 8 when I realized I wanted to perform in some way.

I was probably about 10 years old when I said to Mom, 'I'd really like to pursue a career in front of the camera.'

I am with the entertainment industry since the age of 12.