Cory Monteith Quotes

My interest in acting came from seeing Broadway shows on summer trips to New York as a child. It was the original production of 'A Chorus Line' in an easy tie with the first 10 -15 minutes of Dustin Hoffman in 'Tootsie' that hooked me on the romantic idea that the impossible, difficult life of a struggling actor was for me.

I try to search for roles where the character is not dependent on how she looks, but it is hard because I didn't know anyone in this industry, so I started as an extra and fought.

I used to do small roles in Western films.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

I've always had an itch for acting and a passion for acting, but never really got to dabble into it too much, and now I can say I'm officially an acrtress.

I felt that I should become a film actress first, and then come back to serials and earn good remuneration from it.

I've always had a passion for acting, without really realising that that's what I should be doing.

I first started stage acting at the age of four when I joined a local Stagecoach group.

I am an accidental actor.

As an actor, I know roles go away. You get another job.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.

Acting is something I've done since I was in high school, but I never had a model in my life, whether it was a mentor or a parent, where I could realize that acting could actually be a career.

As an actor, you spend years getting ready for an opportunity to arise, and when it does, you're ready for it.

It's always been fun for me to play somebody else. I did drama class when I was younger. It kind of just happened. I never said, 'I want to act.' I just auditioned for the role, I got it. I was blessed with this opportunity to be in 'Earth to Echo.' It's fun for me; it's cool to do.

Broadway really inspired me to want to act.

I aspire to play interesting characters.

I'm interested in being a professional actress.

One of my favourite games as a child was to dress up and improvise. Acting seemed obvious.

A career in film didn't seem like something I could attain. Whereas I grew up next to New York City, and I spent my life going into New York City seeing plays, and I was a theater actor in school. Acting on the stage felt really natural to me, and I liked it, and I wasn't terrible at it.

It would be interesting to explore an opportunity if Hindi filmmakers think I can fit into any character in a film.

I think for an upcoming actress the biggest challenge is that sometimes there are situations when she has no luxury for rehearsals.

Understand that I had no concept of what being an actor was like when I was a kid - but I wanted to be an actor. Dressing up and being other people seemed like so much fun, but I didn't know what was involved.

I absolutely adore singing, and I hope I'll always be able to sing, but you can grow more and challenge yourself more as an actor.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; I just did not know when and where. I was open to experimenting.

When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting class, and so I kind of did. I was very open to feedback and open to suggestions. I had a little bit of space in my schedule, and I guess, as the story goes, I went into an acting class, and I kind of got the bug for it.