Ariel Winter Quotes

I did an episode of 'Entourage.' I played Morgan - I think it was season three or season four. It was actually my third audition, and it was my first big job.

'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.

I come from a very uncool profession: being a washed up child actor.

Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.

A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.

I didn't grow up as child actor.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I was 17 years old and fresh out of high school in New York when I got cast on 'The O.C.' It was a huge time in my life and I'm grateful for it.

I think every star was a new actor at one point of time.

I was incredibly jealous of friends who had bit parts in 'Home and Away.' I just hoped I'd somehow be allowed into this game.

I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn't have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11.

My brother, Chris Massey from 'Zoey 101', was acting first at a young age. I just followed in my sibling's footsteps.

I got cast on ER, I knew I'd be playing a great character and I knew the show was great.

I did the whole struggling actor thing and lucked into being in the right place at the right time and getting involved in the first 'High School Musical.'

It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.

I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

The reality is that I'm an actor from the Midwest and I was 40 movies into it before I started 'Entourage'.

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.

One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.