Sam Lloyd Quotes

People say, 'What are your hobbies?' I say, 'I've been doing shows ever since I was a kid.' When I left college, all I wanted to be was a musical theater chick. I auditioned tons. It just didn't pan out.

Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'

I don't know how people get into show business if their family's not in it.

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.

I don't have any friends who are actors through my dad.

I was a professional ballerina. After becoming an actress, I did a lot of theater, which included musical theater. The first musical play I did was Murray Schisgal's 'The Pushcart Peddlers.'

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.

I would love to do a musical so hopefully I will be blessed with doing one.

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

When I was little, my mom was an actress, and she still is now, and she'd go on commercial auditions, and if they needed a mom and a son, she'd take me along, and that's how I got started.

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words.

Well, my brother started acting before I did.

I started out years ago as a theater major and got disillusioned with it. It's a rough business.

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

Both my parents are actors.

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.

I was not one of those children hanging on Ma's coat-tails following her round sets. I'd go to the theatre after school if she was working, but I didn't even know what an agent was.

I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic tragedies.

I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.

I started out wanting to be an actress. My sister was in this theater company in Brooklyn. I saw her in some plays, and I was immediately obsessed. I started auditioning for plays when I was about 10.

At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school.