Martha Graham Quotes

People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.

Gymnastics was my calling. I think it chose me in a lot of ways.

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.

The guitar chose me.

Comedy chose me.

No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it.

I really knew with every fiber of my being that acting was - for lack of a better word - my calling.

I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

Acting kind of chose me.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.

I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this. I was given this gift, and I'm making the most of my opportunity.

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me.

I know what my dharma is: I'm supposed to be an actor.

You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer.

I wasn't predestined to be a filmmaker; this wasn't an obvious choice to me.

I feel like I was born to make music.

Theater was just what I was supposed to do.

That's all I know how to do, just make music.

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

It was like boxing found me.