Aaron Douglas Quotes

I studied law, so perhaps I might have made it to the Bar, though I gave up that idea when I suspected playing a barrister was probably much more fun than being one.

My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a lawyer.'

As a child, I wanted to be a lawyer because I thought lawyers and the law were wonderful. But they are more wonderful, I think, than I had thought.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

All my life, I call myself wanting to be a lawyer because of Clair Huxtable. But the real dream was to be an actress.

I wanted to be a barrister for a long time.

My father was a lawyer.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.

I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.

I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue.

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality.

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it.

Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice.

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.