John Cullum Quotes

I'd always really wanted to act; but the modelling contracts came more easily.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

I always wanted to be a great actor.

I didn't even want to start acting when I started. At least, I never thought about it.

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

I never wanted to be an actor.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

What I really want to be is an actor.

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't, so what matters is to try and be a better actor.

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

From the time I was very young, maybe five or six, I thought a lot about being an actress. I didn't tell my friends about my ambitions, though, especially when I got older, because I thought they would not receive them well. I never talked about what I wanted to do.

I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting.

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'

I want to be always actor.

I thought actors were born in Hollywood. I didn't know how to go about it.

I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'

To be an actor takes a lot of courage, but the way I did it takes less courage. I was very lucky.