Naga Chaitanya Quotes

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

I never wanted to be a part of the industry, as I had no knowledge about it. I am one of those rare and really lucky people for whom the calling identified me and not the other way around.

It was a life decision, deciding which path to take in my career. I needed time to get together with my family and closest friends.

There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came from a lack of options.

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.

I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.

I think people tend to fall into their careers sometimes, and maybe that's a lucky path to follow because you actually end up doing your purpose.

Each of us has our own destiny. Mine is to be an actor.

I went back to film work after Dobie. I went back to film work after Dobie.

I think many actresses want to be famous and want to be the prettiest, and that wasn't my trek. I was thinking, 'I gotta get out of here... how do I get out of here?' I like acting, but I like directing more.

I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

Towards the end of the military service, I had to make what I assume has been the most important decision in my career: to start a residency in clinical medicine, in surgery, which was my favorite choice, or to enroll into graduate school and start a career in scientific research. It was clear to me that I was heading for graduate school.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

My life and career is my own adventure.

I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew up not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.

It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.