Ari Graynor Quotes

I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing.

I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street from my house and one day I just walked in and signed up for auditions for 'The Wizard Of Oz.'

That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.

From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

I was a bit of a backstage baby, but I wasn't at all precocious, and there was never a light bulb moment when I decided to go on the stage.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and I started doing acting classes when I was in eighth grade.

I have been a performer for as long as I can remember. I performed in Sunday school and church plays.

What I love is a good role. In the theatre, there is just a canon of extraordinary roles, the quality of character is amazing, but I also love working in front of a camera. It was the first one for me; as a kid I was in front of a camera. I feel at home.

I had the acting bug from a very early age.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the building of characters.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

I mostly did musicals and concerts when I was younger, and then I realized I don't quite have the voice for it, so I went into acting, which I enjoy more.

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'

My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what you become an actor for - performing in front of people and getting the love from the audience.

Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that was what I want to do more than anything else.

I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.