Daisy Shah Quotes

I never wanted to be an actress. Acting wasn't in my mind. It wasn't in my calculations.

I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music.

When I was at school I wanted to be a writer and an actress. Then this whole modelling thing happened.

I wanted to be an air hostess because I thought it was the most glamorous thing - and I'd never been on a plane.

I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, it sort of chose me more than I chose it.

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.

When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

When I was younger, I wanted to be a cop. Then I watched 'The Wild Wild West,' and so I wanted to be in the Secret Service like James West. At some point I realized, 'That guy is not in the Secret Service. He's an actor.' That sounds like a good idea too.

If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress.

I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.

I wasn't even going to do acting. I don't know how it even happened, to be honest. I was going to go into psychology or something like that. Or business. And then some moment of madness took over and I decided, 'Oh, I'm gonna go to London and try to be an actor.'

I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting.

I wanted to be a lot of things in my life.

I entered this career having no background or connection to acting.

I don't speak English, so I cannot foresee a career in Hollywood. But I do see myself more and more as an actress rather than a dancer.

I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives, all these different jobs. And the only thing I could think was an actor.

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.

I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.

I started out as a music teacher; I never planned on becoming an actress.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.