Brian Baumgartner Quotes

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

I was more interested in playing sports than acting. I didn't take acting too seriously until the end of my junior year.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

I'm not trying to be the triple threat guy. I'm still working on this one threat; acting.

I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.

I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

I feel like I could carry a movie or a show, and I'll mess up here and there, and I'll learn from those things.

My overall quest is always to do something that's somehow different from whatever it is that I just got done doing. If that can include occasionally playing an older guy who has a romantic side and a romantic relationship, than that's a real treat.

I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.

When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different. What could I bring to the table that others or my father couldn't have? That's when I worked on my strong points, namely action and dancing.

I just want to keep getting roles that challenge me to be the best actor and the best person I can be.

I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

The only thing I have tried to do is be a part of different films and bring out a different side of me as an actor every time I play a character. I would like to be known as a versatile actor.

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something. But I just want to keep developing as a person, and that will hopefully take my acting to the next level.

I will try to bring variety in my roles.

I don't want to limit myself as an actor.