Nawazuddin Siddiqui Quotes

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

I literally came to L.A. like every actor does from this little town with this big dream, and I'm living in it now. It's mind-blowing.

It just seemed like an unattainable dream to go down to Los Angeles and to land a professional working, acting gig on a show that you really love with a character you really connect with. That doesn't seem possible; that seems insane.

When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.

Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy.

Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it's an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don't blame them.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.

I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.

I think, being a kid, you always think about being a movie star. And then as I got older, I started thinking about just the work.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

When I came to Mumbai, I only wanted to be an actor, and my approach hasn't digressed over the years. I never really hoped to be in the limelight or wanted to be a star.

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.

Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to.

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

I look around at my peers, and I'm so blown away by their talent and their beauty and their cool style, as well as their ability to be an actress and be a movie star and be good at it. I mean, they're so good, and we're all trying to get the same parts.

No one I knew in Sydney was thinking about how they might come to America and become a movie star. That would be considered delusions of grandeur. My parents were supportive, though. They just told me to keep at it as long as I was having fun.

When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'