James Nesbitt Quotes

From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.

There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting.

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right.

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

Only be an actor if you can't be happy doing anything else. I don't think you should be an actor if you want to be actor. I think you should be an actor if you have to be an actor.

I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

Acting is not my primary drive in life, although I'd be a very unhealthy person without it.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

I love singing as much as I love acting.

For me, acting is something I am passionate about. I am someone who wants to be known for who I am. If I wanted to just make money, I would've chosen some other profession.

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

Every time I'd do a play, my grades would get better because I was doing something that fed my soul. It took me a couple of years to recognize that the hobby was actually the calling.

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it.

Both singing and acting are so rewarding that I couldn't pick between the two.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Music is just such... it's not therapy, but it's a release, it's a joy, it's a pleasure. And it's a job - which is weird, because I don't think of it as a job.

I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds.