Russell Peters Quotes

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film.

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.

I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

I have been working professionally in the entertainment industry since I was six.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture.

There's no business like show business.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.

I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing.

I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant.

Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.

I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!