Dana Ashbrook Quotes

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

To even be a working entertainer in Hollywood is such a rare privilege.

The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there.

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

I had no dream of being a movie star.

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

Hollywood is my day job.

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I always admired the beautiful stars of Hollywood and dreamt of becoming one of them.

I moved to Los Angeles when I was 17. I had just booked 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakwell.' I thought, 'Well, I'm just going to move to L.A. and become famous. 'Squeakwell' is going to launch me to that point.' Well, I didn't end up working for, like, three years afterward. That's kind of the name of the game.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

I've never really considered packing my suitcase and heading to Hollywood.

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

Despite offers, I have never felt the urge to try to make it in Hollywood.

I grew up in a really small town in Georgia, so the idea of knowing people who are actors or who are just involved in the Hollywood and movie scenes, that's far beyond anything I ever thought would happen in my life.

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.