Bill Hader Quotes

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

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

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?

I've been doing this journey in acting and singing since I was six years old, and I definitely think this will take me to the next level - in movies.

When we did 'Ashta Chamma,' I never thought people will pay money to watch me on screen. I never took myself seriously back then.

Time moves on but Barbara Hershey's doing good and John Heard, they're all people working. I know there were a couple of kids in that movie who I used who have been in other movies since Beaches.

I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.

I'm not sure people even think of me as an actor at all.

If I am able to carry on modeling, I'll be very happy to, but my passion is definitely in music and acting. I would love to do what Meryl Streep is doing. Her or Judi Dench, or maybe Charlize Theron as well.

My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore.

It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me.

I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.

I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

I was never a celebrity - just a working actor.

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.

I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to being on the actor side as well.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.'

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'