Ken Bruen Quotes

As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.

I'm glad that it worked out that I get to act and play music and perform.

I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

You know, I love acting.

I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.

I would like to continue making music and acting in projects that give me a lot of satisfaction.

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

Modeling is a lot of fun, but I prefer acting. It's so much fun to get to play different characters and transform into someone else for a while.

I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.

People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

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 got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people.

Acting is experience with something sweet behind it.

When I started acting classes, I was inspired. The truth is I never dreamt of being an actress as a child. But it just happened. When I started studying and getting on stage, it just came to me. I never said 'I want to be an actress.' It just happened. I started discovering myself and realized I loved it.

Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in the business.

I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.

Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

I love doing the radio plays, creating a whole world with just the voice, and I'd love to be back on stage, too, at some point.

I sort of fell in love with it when I was in high school doing theater. And so, as sometimes happens when kids - they graduate high school, and people turn to them and say, 'So what are you going to do with your life?' I thought, 'Well, I like being onstage. I like being an actor.'

I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.