Mara Wilson Quotes

I never wanted to be an actress, really. I sort of caught the bug fairly late. So many people are so intrigued with the glamour and celebrity of acting, and a lot of actors start acting when they are 9 or 10 years old - so young. I started when I was about 24.

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

Can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor... though it felt like something I couldn't do until I grew up. I mean, I knew kids could be actors - I recall seeing them on my dad's shoots and getting jealous.

I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV and film opportunities came along, but now I was just ready to come back.

I always knew I wanted to act but I was really afraid to desire something that seemed so unrealistic and a long shot. I was a kid memorizing entire movies and TV episodes but I didn't take it seriously until I was about 19. Then I moved to New York and took it head on.

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.

A teacher asked me if I'd audition for a play, and I ended up playing the pirate Red Dog in a production of 'Treasure Island.' And that's where it started, and I really felt part of something special, but I still didn't think about it as something I wanted to do. I was just having fun.

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

I've been calling myself 'just an actor' since I was 6 years old. That's a long time.

I'd love to start doing some films and really kind of pursue acting as much as possible. That's really where my main focus is.

I had done some acting in high school. I was terrible.

'Jab We Met' is the reason why I have become an actress.

With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.

By the time I got someone to take my head shot, I'd been acting for nine years!

I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my house. My mom was so mad.

It was pretty surreal to be auditioning as a kid, and I'd get close to these actors that I really respected. I remember River Phoenix in particular. I met him at an audition hall or something.

I never planned on being an actress or Wonder Woman, but everything just happened, and I am grateful and happy and in love with what I do.

Hopefully I've gotten better as an actor as the years have gone on, but the type of work I want to do has never changed.

Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.

By the time 'Suits' had come around, I had been acting for maybe six years. 'Deal or No Deal' - I like to call it my very lucrative waitressing job. Most actors find a way to make a living while they're auditioning, and for me, holding a briefcase was an incredibly lucrative means of being able to pursue what I really wanted to do.