Jessica White Quotes

I told everyone that acting's for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

Well, I've been happily supporting myself for ten years now on the hustle and trade of live entertainment. I guess my breakthrough moment was when I decided to go for it once and for all.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

When you're in a public profession like I was, and you stop doing it like I did, people think you're either crazy or dead.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink and spiraled out of control.

Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.

I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.

I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Mark Wahlberg, when I was in high school, people were like, 'You look like Marky Mark!' Then as I got older, they were like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg.' Now they're like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg's cousin from Massachusetts.'

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera. I thought, 'Hey, this will be a really fun story to tell my grandkids one day, that I auditioned for a soap!'

There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.

Acting has always been a strong force in my life, but it was hard to change direction. I didn't make a paycheck for two years.

Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do.

I've become really aware since putting out music that some people can't get past the acting thing. But acting was never what I meant to do.

I took a huge risk. At the time, I was an Orlando Magic dancer, and I was going on my third year. It was then when wrestling was introduced to me. I took a chance, packed up all my stuff, and moved away from home.

I have carried the burden of my dad's image since day one. They never see me as just another guy trying to make his career in the film industry. I am always 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi's son first, and Ram Charan only later.

I just wanted to change my life. I wanted to change everything. The first team that called me was Toronto FC. It was a quick choice.

When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'