Yvette Mimieux Quotes

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

I want to write a studio movie, but probably one that's for me to be in.

Acting is my first love and I want to stick to it. But I would be happy to offer my inputs to a script, if asked.

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

I kind of got into TV when I went to visit a show my brother was working on. Soon I got the second lead in a TV show.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

I think I really see myself doing TV more than ever.

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry.

I've acted just to get to directing.

I love acting. I take it day by day. I would really love to produce my own stuff and other stuff.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

I've said this a million times. But I've always wanted to do movies.