Jimmy Carl Black Quotes

I always wanted to be in movies.

I got to work with Dustin Hoffman on a film called 'Billy Bathgate.' I got to work with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn and Bob Zemeckis on 'Death Becomes Her.' There are still a few actors out there that I would like to work with.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.

Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No.

I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

I'd love to shoot some of these bigger movies as they come, and I'll go back to theater at some point again.

I want to do movies.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.

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

I definitely want to do movies and stuff.

I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.

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

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent body of work to show people, the icing on the cake being 'Salmon Fishing' and 'Parade's End.'

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.

All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to P.A. or intern in the art department. Because the filmmaking process is so many people creating to make one piece of magic, so I've always wanted to be involved. With the acting, I doubted it.

I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.

Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.

I would love to do different things, like behind-the-scenes work - just like Ron Howard!

There is so much I'd love to do in this industry. I'm honestly interested in directing even a little more so than acting.

Maybe at 55, I would like to direct. I will go the Angelina Jolie way.

I think it'd be cool to be in film and television, but I never thought that would happen.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

Right now, my bucket list is to do a Hollywood movie.