Glynn Turman Quotes

I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.

I grew up in New York, so I fell in love with acting on a stage, not in front of a camera.

I first started stage acting at the age of four when I joined a local Stagecoach group.

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.

I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' at Chicago's Center on Deafness in Northbrook, Illinois.

I have a background in theater. At the time I read 'The Loved Ones' script, I was playing Catherine the Great of Russia onstage. Straight after that, I played Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and Isabella in 'Measure for Measure.'

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it!

I was never an actress in high school. I didn't start acting until I was in my twenties. I was just a funny cheerleader. I hadn't even seen a show until I was in my twenties, so I was very late getting into the business.

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

I did a lot of student acting when I was young.

Besides stray instances of acting in school and college, I hadn't prepared myself to be an actor.

I had always seen myself doing theatre, as I don't come from an acting background, so that was my first way into acting, I suppose.

I'm in love with the entire industry and every aspect of performing and directing, even writing, and I love working with acting students.

When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.

I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'

I fell completely in love with acting. I guess I was bitten.

What I love is a good role. In the theatre, there is just a canon of extraordinary roles, the quality of character is amazing, but I also love working in front of a camera. It was the first one for me; as a kid I was in front of a camera. I feel at home.

When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like 'Madea', and 'Night, Mother', and 'Sam Shepard', and all that kind of stuff. That's what I really wanted to do.

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

I fell in love with the art of acting back when I was 10 years old, actually.

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

I've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.

I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel.