Meg Tilly Quotes

I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a library book. I didn't start acting until I went to college. Once I started, it seemed to fit like a glove. I felt completely at home on stage. It was the perfect way for me to express myself, even better than writing.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

I always wanted to become an actress.

I've always loved acting but never thought I could do theatre because I got the worst stage fright ever.

I think I was born to be an actor.

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 get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

To my surprise, I discovered that I could act, and I liked it even better than boxing.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

The acting bug first bit when I went to see 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' at the Old Vic.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.