Shannon Lee Quotes

I've been auditioning for a few movies here and there. I don't want anything to get in the way of the music any more than it has. It hasn't really gotten in the way; I've been doing two things at once.

I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.

I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

I've acted just to get to directing.

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

When I got out of school, I didn't really understand the differences in the different aspects of the business. For example, doing a play - where does that take you versus, you know, concentrating on independent films? You might have one thing in your head, but the things you're doing don't really lead down the right road, necessarily.

I don't believe that all actors should end up being directors.

Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work.

Modeling had never entered my consciousness. I was always like, 'I'm going to act.' But I thought, 'If this can help me with that, great.'

Bollywood was never really the aim, actually. I mean, sure, you could argue that I could have done more films there; for sure, I could have.

I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.

I didn't think, 'I want to do dramas or I want to do comedies' - I wasn't clear in that way.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren't obvious. I've been very lucky so far, and I'm dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I went to theatre school for four years and just wanted to do theatre. I had no ambition to be on TV or to be on camera. I just wanted to go to New York or London and be on stage... I did a lot of theatre in Montreal, got involved in TV in Toronto and then moved to L.A. I hope that film and TV will take me back to theatre.

I want to write, act, and direct!

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.