Natalia Reyes Quotes

My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young.

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

I did work a lot in Scots theatre, but I was never really successful in Scottish film or TV until I went down to London - and I had to go to the U.S. to get my big break.

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

I got my SAG card when I was 10 by starring in a Beenie Weenie's commercial.

I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set.

I started out in theater and then I got a job on a soap in New York.

I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.

When I auditioned for 'Animal House,' I had only done some plays at a local dinner theater in Virginia.

At 11, I got my first job in a mini-series for America, and it was very exciting.

I love doing both theater and television.

I did tons of theater in school, and then when I was 16 and got my driver's license, I started driving to Los Angeles, along with my friend Eric Stoltz, who was a year ahead of me and was doing the same thing. So we had the same manager, and we started auditioning for things and doing commercials when we were 16.

I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.

I started at drama school at 18.

I started acting in second grade - my first role was in the Thanksgiving play. I was the Indian chasing the turkey. All the other mom's encouraged my mom to get me into acting after that. Also, when I saw 'The Sound of Music' at Music Circus, I knew I wanted to act.

I started when I was four because I had asked my parents, I begged them, 'Can I do acting? I really want to do this!' and they let me do it, so that's pretty much how I got started.

I didn't start auditioning until my 10th birthday when I auditioned for 'Matilda' The Musical in London! It was actually the first time I realized that it was a career I could pursue.

I was a bit of a backstage baby, but I wasn't at all precocious, and there was never a light bulb moment when I decided to go on the stage.

When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.

I am with the entertainment industry since the age of 12.

When I was 13, my mom checked me into a modeling agency. Then, out of nowhere, they asked me to audition for a TV show, which I did, and I got going from there.

I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.

I started off in theater; I did exclusively theater for four or five years. In the last few years, television has come along but I can still make film. I feel very privileged that I can move between them.

I love doing both theater and television. I definitely foresee more Broadway, but I think I would like to keep the singing and the TV separate.