Lavrenti Lopes Quotes

I've been on stage since I was eight.

For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the building of characters.

I knew acting was what I wanted to do. I don't know if I was brilliant at it, but when I was doing school plays, I loved it so much I didn't want it to end. I feel like I'm exactly the same as when I was doing plays at school, to be honest.

Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has started from the very beginning for me, and that's what I'm going to enjoy.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

I did my first professional play at 11, and there was really nothing else I ever dreamed of doing. I felt so fortunate that I knew at the age of like, 12, like this is all I want to do for the rest of my life; that's the only play. There's no backup plan. My mom wanted me to go to school and have a backup plan. I'm like 'No, this is the only plan.'

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.

I briefly flirted with the idea of more stable career choices but they never excited me. I know it's a bit of a cliche but I remember doing school plays in primary school and feeling at home on the stage.

I've loved acting since I can remember.

I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something related to performing arts, and I enjoyed acting the most as it incorporated so many different art forms.

My mom put me into my first play at five at a local theater, and the next day after my first practice, I was like, 'This is what I want to do with my life.'

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

Acting has always been my passion. It's always been my love, and I've always done it, since I was a kid.

I do love acting. It's my second love and I would love to do more.

I wanted to be an actor because it gave me the opportunity to express myself in ways I wasn't comfortable expressing myself, as a kid growing up in St. Louis.

I have been a performer for as long as I can remember. I performed in Sunday school and church plays.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

I did theatre when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement in acting, my whole interest. I don't really remember it that well. But it was really fun. I mean, it was exciting just to be on stage in front of an audience. It gives you a different kind of rush.