Claire Danes Quotes

For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten.

I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.

When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and being a ham. An agent was there and she was telling me, 'Hey, do you think you'd want to go out on auditions?' I was like, 'Yeah, what's an audition? Sure, I'll do it.'

I told my parents I wanted an agent, and they decided to let me have a go at it. Then I started working right away. I was 12.

I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.

I have been working professionally in the entertainment industry since I was six.

I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.

I've been home-schooled since I was in the fifth grade, mainly because I had two brothers who were acting. We were from Kansas but moved out to Los Angeles.

I was five or six when I joined SAG, and Equity I joined when I was nine.

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

I started acting when I was three years old, so I was able to see the inside before seeing the wrapping; I wasn't seeing, like, the way tabloids make people.

I've been in the industry from the age of 9, so I have an agent. That's how you get auditions.

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

Disney has been such a big part of my early career. I've done two pilots for Disney, and I've been working with them since I was 16, and I just turned 21.

I did 'Bridge to Terabithia' when I was around 6 years old, but for my first movie, I was 5.

My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.

When I was six years old, a children's agent moved in next door to us, sent me out on a commercial audition, and I got the job.

I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in acting, and I had been doing school plays. A couple of years later, I called him up, and I started auditioning.

I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.

I got into the acting business very young.

My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.