Allison Janney Quotes

A lot of student directors used to pick other students to be in their graduate films, so. I ended up doing a couple of them just for fun. Eventually, I got an agent through a friend and I did some commercials; then I got Knots Landing.

One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

I'd like to be the romantic lead one day, but I've got to grow my hair first.

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'd always wanted to try my hand at every bit of the acting field.

I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to go about it. That's why my ambition, initially, was not to play a lead role in a Bollywood film.

If there's a role on a TV show for me, I'll take it. If there's a role in a movie, I'll take it. I just wanna act. That's all it comes down to.

Once I was in L.A., I realized anyone could act. Why not give it a shot? I started going to a ton of acting classes, and I found I had a real passion for it, probably the biggest passion I've ever had in my whole life.

I still have auditions for independent films. I've been still working.

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

I love acting and the whole idea of being in front of the camera.

I want to carry a really great role in a great film.

My ambition was always to bag a lead role in a film, and hence, I refrained from doing any ads, TV serials, music videos, as I felt that a fresh face always works much better. It was a gamble, and I took that gamble telling myself that I will give it my all to bag a lead role.

Let's not forget that I am an actor and I'm a real budding, enthusiastic and ambitious actor.

I am a hungry actor, and I want to do good films.

I always wanted to do acting, but I never knew that I would start at the age of 17.

I never thought of acting Bollywood. I have not seen many films.

As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I'm done playing. I work on music, too.

I was genuinely shocked to even be in the frame for a sitcom role on British TV.

I'd like to act in Punjabi films and do some great roles instead of just dance sequences.

I'm interested in being a professional actress.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; I just did not know when and where. I was open to experimenting.

Marilyn always dreamt of being an actress. She didn't, by the way, dream of being just a star. She dreamt of being an actress. And she had always lived somehow with that dream. And that is why, despite the fact that she became one of the most unusual and outstanding stars of all time, she herself was never satisfied. When she came to New York, she began to perceive the possibilities of really accomplishing her dream, of being an actress.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.