Mark Strong Quotes

Law is a very addictive profession.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer.

My father was a lawyer. I was fascinated to become a lawyer, too.

I wanted to be a barrister for a long time.

Nobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route.

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

The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer, regretted my decision to become a lawyer.

I always wanted to play a lawyer.

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.'

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

My intent was to go to law school... And then what I realised quickly is what I wanted was to be on L.A. Law.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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

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

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

I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.

I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.

My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.

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

I had a very good friend who was two years older than I was, and she was in law school, and she said, 'It's a great thing to do when you have no idea what you want to do.' And she was right. I learned a lot, I practiced law for 10 years. I've never looked back once I stopped practicing law, but it was a really good experience.

I had a dream to be an attorney. I don't know if I ever would've passed the bar or not, but that was my dream.

I thought law school was more like the guillotine. I didn't really think I would make it; I just thought this is one of the few ways to potentially get respect, to go to law school.

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.

The course I teach, Professional Responsibility, was brought into law-school curriculums and required by most states for admission to the bar beginning in the 1970s.

I chose law because writing was involved. I didn't realize how boring legal writing was, but I even learned to love that.