Christoph Waltz Quotes

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.

In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse has always been an actor. I have always liked cinema, and let's face it, opera singers are just bad actors! I didn't want to translate myself in that direction.

I was always performing as a child, and then I was determined to act and sing and dance, so I travelled for miles every day to go from home in Kent into London.

I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't a bad thing.

I could have made it as a singer, but I went with acting - surrendered to it, in a way.

I really liked to sing and dance, and that's why I decided to start as a trainee.

I did do a local musical, 'Bubblin' Brown Sugar.' I played the young Sweet Georgia Brown. I was 13 years old. After that, I just decided that I had to pick one thing, acting or singing, and concentrate on that.

Initially, I resisted going into acting. You want to have your own identity, and I thought about doing other things, but that didn't last very long.

I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It's good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything.

When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything.

I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.

Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do.

After 'Spelling Bee,' I started landing more jobs... I got 'Candide' at New York City Opera.

I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed like a natural progression from that.

When I was younger, acting, singing, and dancing was what it was all about.

I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.

I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me.

When I started acting I knew nothing. It was a momentous decision to pick up the flyer for the 'Trainspotting' audition. 'Destined' is a bit of a poncy word for it, but I do think I was headed in that direction.

When I left high school - I was younger than my classmates, just 17 - I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I thought, 'When I go to college, I'd rather study something else.'

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'

I went to an ordinary primary school, and then I started performing in a show called 'Billy Elliot' on the West End, and that was sort of my drama school.

I've been looking for a Broadway opportunity ever since I stopped doing theater.

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever.

I had no intention of being an actor, ever.