Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Quotes

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

I didn't study acting.

I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.

I didn't have much ambition, but I always had an idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to act. I would watch actors like Robert Mitchum, Humphrey Bogart, and Kirk Douglas, and I understood them.

I don't want to be a glamour doll. I want roles which provide me the scope to perform.

I think that acting could be a talent.

I would love to get into acting. I really enjoy acting - portraying other personalities and approaching different levels and whatnot - that would be awesome.

I realised that if I wanted to act, I needed to join theatre where I could improve my acting skills first and also show my talent.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I wanted to be a serious actress rather than a pretty face.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

I never had the desire to get in front of the camera. It never occurred to me! I always thought I'd be a theater actor.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

Acting has been very useful to me.

I feel so fortunate to have been able to work so much, particularly in the horror-thriller genre, but I would love to be able to do something perhaps a little more dramatic or even a romantic comedy.

I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.