Dermot Mulroney Quotes

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

I have passion for music just like I have passion for wrestling, just like I have passion for creating and acting.

I was loving music, and loving art, painting, so I was considering those things, but I must say I dug acting as well.

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.

Acting kind of chose me.

Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.

Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.

I started improvisation at age nine, and I loved it so much I stuck with it. As a by-product, acting was just something I was lucky enough to fall into.

When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

I can't imagine doing anything except acting.

There was never anything else I wanted to pursue. It was always theater, and movies are a fairly new thing.

Through my work, I've learned that if I love it, whether it's music, acting or any type of entertainment, I can overcome any of the obstacles that come my way.

I did not become an actor to earn money - that I could have done it in my village by becoming a farmer. I wanted to show my craft, which I am so passionate about.

Music was something I chose that I came to as a kid, and acting was something that was suggested to me.

As a child, I loved to sing. When I was 8, my mother sent my brother and me to a summer music theater program in Texas. We did 'Guys and Dolls' at the camp, and I was so depressed when it was over. That's when I realized that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

I really love both acting and singing equally.

Acting is my calling, not my career.

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.

I love acting with all my heart and I love music with all my heart.

Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give.

If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.

You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it, you enjoy songwriting, and eventually if you're writing enough songs, then you fall into it.