David Nicholls Quotes

When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.

I didn't have any desire to be an actor until right before I did it.

I have been a bit of a reluctant actress since the get-go, since the beginning of 'Lost.'

I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.

I didn't start acting until after undergrad!

It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.

As a teenager, I didn't want to be an actor at all.

I never thought I was going to be an actor.

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to do. But after I began to act, I grew as an artiste.

I wanted to try acting and did it in high school and through college.

When you're a working actor you see a lot of scripts all the time, but to get to do something that's really well written it's a rare privilege.

I just kind of fell into acting.

I always wanted to do acting, but I never knew that I would start at the age of 17.

I never thought I'd be an actor.

I've acted for as long as I can remember, really.

I've always loved movies, so I tried to get into an acting school. I saw an ad for the Oscar school on the back of 'The Irish Times,' and I went along for an audition, very pragmatically, to see if I could do it or not.

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.'

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.