Tom Riley Quotes

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

I must've been about 7 or 8 when I realized I wanted to perform in some way.

I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

My dreams and aspirations when I was a child for as long as I can remember was to be an entertainer.

My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young.

Puppet camp truly redefined my preconceptions of puppetry... I'll never forget learning that before a puppet can speak... he has to inhale. It's those details that make the characters truly come to life.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.

I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad.

I love stage actors. There's something special about all people who have to do a performance eight shows a week, and musical people, especially, are so much fun.

My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to occur on that stage.

I love doing the radio plays, creating a whole world with just the voice, and I'd love to be back on stage, too, at some point.

I wanted to be a Broadway star.

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever.

I come from a very vaudevillian family.

I was eight when I played St. Joseph, and I told my mom from that moment on I wanted to be an actor.

I don't know how to explain it, but ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to perform.

I love Broadway. I love live performing. It's really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect how your show goes.

I dabbled in puppetry throughout college and even had my own traveling puppet show after I graduated.

We're entertainers. We're theatrical.

I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music.

I was big on movies when I was little. I always wanted to be certain actresses and do my thing like that.

My father was an entertainer. This is, of course, one of the most marked and enduring manifestations.

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.