Niecy Nash Quotes

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.

I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

I'm going to be the next David Frost.

I want to be like Bradley Cooper when I grow up.

I am not thinking about Bollywood and am quite happy being on TV.

It would be cool to be on a Disney show.

I love the way Shah Rukh Khan host awards. He's the one person that I look up to.

When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.

Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I.

I believe I made it in show business.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls.

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

When I was around 9 years old, I was watching TV one day. I was looking at this commercial, with a kid in the bathtub playing with a rubber ducky or something, and I said, 'Where do those kids come from? How come they get to be on TV? I could do that stuff.'

There are so many people who want to be the next person on 'Home and Away,' or they just want to be on the cover of a magazine, and they don't really understand the craft. They're not interested in theatre, they're not interested in the art.

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was four years old and watched 'Star Search' for the first time. I mean, Harrison Ford in 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark?' My hero.

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

When I was just starting out in the business, I used to love to watch Lorne Greene doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I said right then, 'That's what I want to do someday,' and it's been one dream that has come true.

I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.

When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I was so eager to get into the biz.

I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.

I would love to be like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez. They were catapulted into stardom when they were so young - like I was - and they still haven't gone down the wrong path and I hope neither or them will. I find that really inspiring.

When someone asks if you want to play Brittany Murphy, who you idolized as a child and grew up loving and who you wanted to be, you can't say no. Even if it's the most terrifying thing someone asks you to do.