Derek Jacobi Quotes

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.

I do acting for the awards... and cash money.

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.

I enjoyed acting and marveled that one could get paid for doing it.

I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else.

I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it.

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is.

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

I'm a stage actor. You know, I was - I cut my teeth on stage, you know. So I've always had a love affair with the stage, first off, what I was raised in, you know.

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

I entered this career having no background or connection to acting.

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

I would love to do more acting; I really would love to do it, particularly character acting. I'm a character type of actor; I love situations where I've got a bit of room to improvise on the character.

I definitely still have my hand in acting. I don't think I would be able to walk away from it. It's my passion.

I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.