Shelley Berman Quotes

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but I'm not sure how funny we were when we did it. Then, when I finished my course, it was only then that I decided to go to drama school and try and do acting because I was enjoying it so much and so on.

You know, I love acting.

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

Even more than the comedy thing, I really wanted to be an actor.

Acting is something I always wanted to try after wrestling, and I felt like this was a perfect fit.

I like everything about acting.

Acting is a youthful profession.

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about.

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.

I have always enjoyed performing, but I think when I was in the fifth grade was when I discovered that I really loved acting.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around play dress-up all the time. I think I was 4 when I told them I wanted to do movies.

I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.