Darren Boyd Quotes

I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'

I hadn't done comedy before 'Fresh Meat' - I hadn't really been seen that way, and then 'Fresh Meat' came out, and suddenly a lot more comedy scripts were coming my way, which was really great.

I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.

I never thought I could model, and I certainly never thought about acting. It's just something that happened to me.

When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.

I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another.

Toward the end of 11th grade, my acting teacher asked me if I was thinking about going to college. I said, 'Yeah, I think so.' He said, 'You should audition to Julliard.' I was like, 'What's that?' I'm accepted to Julliard, and I realize within the first couple of weeks just how lucky I was to be in the program.

If you look at my acting career, I never played a role that was similar to anything my brother played. I was always cast as the bad guy or a gangster, because my brother didn't do those kind of roles.

I wanted to be an actress at a very early age and then decided to become an orthodontist after working in Dr. Richard Boyd's office in high school.

I love doing humorous roles and I write my characters that way. But I haven't received many offers from others to do comedy.

I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire to do them.

I'd love to continue acting. Maybe start a business.

Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.

As an actor, I would love to do an out and out comedy.

I always liked acting, but it was not that I was dying to become an actress. It just happened, and I am enjoying it.

I have done many movies. Some simultaneously and others after taking a break.

I've done a lot of dramedies in my career. You know, I started as a standup comic, and then the movies that I was doing, like 'Up Side of Anger' were kind of like - they're hard. They're hard to sell; they're hard to get made, you know.

I had several offers to act in films. But I rejected all of them and decided to plunge into politics.

I have never planned my career. I never wanted to be an actress. Films were an instinctive step, just like modelling and television.

I studied mass media and brand management and was looking to do an MBA. When an acting offer came by, I thought I'll do one film so that it would look good on my CV. Films happened one after another, in different industries. I'm so glad things turned out the way they did.

I'm fortunate to have got the opportunity to play interesting characters.

I have been involved with theatre since I was 13. I never seriously thought I would get into movies though I had every intention of continuing with theatre.

One day, when I'm unable to physically perform, would I want to pursue more of an acting career? Eh, maybe. But I think my home is with the WWE, being on the road and wrestling in front of a live audience.

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor. I was sort of - the irony is that I've done as much dramatic work in my career as comedic work and I don't really think of myself as a comedian.

It was always fun auditioning for commercials, because that was the beginning of my career, and me figuring out how I was going to portray myself as an actress vs. a model, because models were very different back then in the early '70s. They didn't usually hire models for acting. But I acted first in commercials and then I did modeling, so it was a little different.