Jamie Dornan Quotes

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

I always wanted to act, but never thought of it as something serious to do.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would be 'Quit Now and Other Practical Advice for the Aspiring Actor.'

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor.

My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.

I always love performing live, and that's what I was doing that started getting me acting parts, so I still find time do it.

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

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

I don't know what the next acting job will be. I would love to do a comedy.

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it.

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I want a TV series, I'm gonna do some acting jobs, I'm gonna do some Broadway jobs, everything!

I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'

I've acted my whole life pretty much, but then just got more into modelling.

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

My first exposure to TV, film, theater, the idea of what acting was, is I was a little kid, and my mom's best friend was a local casting director in Cambridge, Mass. Her name was Patty Collinge.

A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a musician.