America Ferrera Quotes

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

Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'

I'd like to continue to act and also produce.

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

There is so much I'd love to do in this industry. I'm honestly interested in directing even a little more so than acting.

My goal has always been, from the time I was at drama school, about longevity.

I definitely want to do other things outside of acting like producing, directing.

What do I want to do? Acting wise? Well, there's a western that I want to do. There's a lot of producing that I want to do, projects that I have stacked up that are in my office that I'd like to get done.

Today what is more important for me is performance. At the risk of sounding immodest, I have done it all - 61 movies over 12 years. But now I am looking for quality. It's easy to be a star. Now I want to be an actress.

I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.

I have kept a part of Catalina Productions going, through which I develop a few projects just for me.

I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.

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.

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.

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 hope to be acting until I am 90.

I love acting; I don't want to give up on it at all, but it would be nice to step behind the camera once in a while as well.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

I want to write, act, and direct!

Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

The fact is, I've been releasing records longer than I've been releasing films, or at least exactly as long.