LaTanya Richardson Quotes

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

I would most like to do film or TV. Possibly theatre in the future, but I'm in L.A. a lot of the time at the moment and if I was going to do theatre it would be in London.

'American Idol' gives people really wonderful opportunities, and they shouldn't take flak for what people do with that opportunity after they leave the show. A lot of casting rooms I was in, that was the only thing on my resume, and people would just be like, 'Oh, here's Katie Stevens. Another 'American Idol' girl who thinks she could be an actor.'

I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

I'm not trying to be the triple threat guy. I'm still working on this one threat; acting.

I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should get into these plays that are going on.' I'm like, 'Nah, nah, music's my thing.' I just fell into it. I moved to Atlanta, got with an agency out there, started doing little voiceover commercials, and it started getting kind of fun.

What I really want to be is an actor.

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

Prior to 'The Karate Kid', I did commercials - Kool-Aid, Pepsi, milk - and I had always been cast as the all-American nice guy.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

My daughter's dabbling in showbiz, and she's done a few commercials. She's auditioned for some movies and shows, so I'm letting her pursue that. I'm OK with it.

Doing TV is great, but TV is for starring on, not for watching.

One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card.

I'd really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.