Dante Basco Quotes

I've been on sets my whole life.

Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

My parents are in the business - they're actors - so I kind of grew up on a film set, which was a funny place to grow up.

The first time I ever went on set was during 'Fiza' when I was in Class X.

Yes, I faced camera for the first time for '18th Cross.' It was a great experience for me to be part of a film after working in some television serials.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

When somebody says, 'Action,' I act. When they say, 'Cut,' that's my job. I've done it.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

When I first came to California, it was fun and exciting to get any part in any movie and get paid for it. Because of my size and my background, it seemed like I was right for just about anything.

Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

I just wanted to do it all. Film and television was so strange to me because I didn't grow up in the business, I didn't know anything about it, and I had never been on set before. But, from the minute I got on set and did 'Old School,' I was like, 'I want to do this!'

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.

I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn't have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11.

I have been working professionally in the entertainment industry since I was six.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I loved doing casting because I love actors, and I am very conscious of what actors do. But I always wanted to be a producer.

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.