Lily Collins Quotes

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.

When I did a scene with Dharam sir for the first time, I actually cried!

When I first got a call for the movie, I couldn't believe that I am doing a film opposite Akshay Kumar. He is such a big superstar.

I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.

I was an extra on 21 Jump Street when I was 19 years old.

My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.

I started out doing commercials, like Diet Coke and Pizza Hut. And I started to find there was a different life for me, in a different field. From there, I got a call from a director in Italy, and we did 'Indio' I and II, and that's where it started.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

I was in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories in 1980. It was only a bit part and I didn't get to speak but I felt that I was in a real movie and heading where I had always wanted to be.

'The Quiet Ones' was my first film, let alone my first horror film, and I had so much fun. I had such a laugh, every single day. I look like such a feral child in it.

The best part appearing in 'Jersey Girl' was meeting my idol Jennifer Lopez.

I remember the first time Bill Fichtner and I had a scene together. I've seen him in a few movies, from 'Armageddon' to 'The Perfect Storm' and 'Contact,' and suddenly he's on a bunk bed and I'm on a bunk bed and we're doing this scene together. That was a real 'pinch me' moment.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Ashley. I was a waiter, and I had about three lines. And I was ready! I had been around people like that, and I knew they were just actors. All the work I had done, it was all there, and I felt like I knew all the mechanics.

The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.

'Crush' was my first number one on the call sheet.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left.

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

Lana Turner taught me how to kiss on the set of the movie 'Diane' in the early Fifties.

One of the scariest moments was being on Tyler Perry's first movie, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman.'