Elle Fanning Quotes

I really love music but I've always wanted to act.

I'm very passionate about art, music, drawing, acting, so I'd like to have the chance to get the larger choice regarding acting.

I took a break from doing music to concentrate on acting.

All I ever wanted to do was be on Broadway. I mean, remember, I grew up in a trailer.

I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'

My one ambition was to go to Broadway, and I never gave up on that dream.

I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.

Doing Broadway was always a dream of mine since I was a little girl.

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.

I guess I've sort of always wanted to be an actress, except when I was five, which, I did want to be the Queen of England.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

I grew up learning ballet, and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.

I started out doing the acting, and there was always an interest in music, and then the music just took off.

I really would like to be on Broadway someday.

From the ages of 5 to 17, I was a competitive dancer. I even went to an arts high school and double-majored in dance and theatre.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

Since I was 20, I wanted to make a short film and send it to international short film festivals. It never happened. I became too big a star to indulge in those things.

I've always wanted to see my name up in tights.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.