Jai Courtney Quotes

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

I'd love to win an Oscar; that would be great. I hope to get a feature film that I've made get a wide release. I'm not sure that's ever going to happen.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

As a newcomer in the industry, it was my dream to work with Karan Johar.

I really didn't feel that my motion picture career was going the way I wanted it to go.

Well, I see myself in the same business but a lot more successful and doing more movies maybe behind the camera. I plan to do some growing in this industry and take it as far as I can.

When I was 23, I went to work for Jack Nicholson reading scripts. Later, I was married to a production designer named Richard Sylbert. So I lived in Los Angeles for ten years.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.

I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get.

It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar.

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

I've done quite a few big American films.

I wanna chase down Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith. I would love to start my film career.

If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films.

I would have liked to do more big movies. And the reason I say that is not because I want to be a star, but what I would have liked to have done is reached a different audience with my work.

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I definitely want to get more active in the film world. My experiences I've had thus far have been really fun, and I definitely feel my best is yet to come in that world.

Eventually I'd love to be able to direct.

If my goal is to become a movie star, me working at a pizza shop won't help me. I have to make the stars align.