Isaiah Mustafa Quotes

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

I've been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school, which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry.

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

I only want to be a versatile actor.

I have been an actor for more than 125 films now. People see me every day, every hour, be it on TV or in newspapers.

'Angus' was my first real film, but I had been acting for about 3 threes before that as well.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

I'm theatrically trained. Before Vine, before any of the social media, I was an actor. I was going to auditions; I was taking the classes.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

I got started as an actor when I was 12.

I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.

I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old.

I've been an actor now since freshman year of college, so it's 11 or 12 years.

I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.

I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

I started acting, when I was 15, in commercials and guest roles. I was definitely a working actor, so I was thankful for that. But I never had to work at a store, although I would have liked to.