Anya Taylor-Joy Quotes

I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.

I had an acting career for a little while back in the '90s. I had gotten into that because I was interested in acting, but I was not really as centered as I needed to be to fully pursue that career, and I was doing some films I thought were not of the best quality.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm just gonna see what happens.

And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.

It was never my goal to be an actor.

Once I realised that my job as a model was to emote in front of the camera, I thought, 'Well now, I just have to add words, and I can do films.' But also, my success as a model made me more confident about becoming an actress because, just in case I failed, I thought, 'Well, you know, if I failed as an actress, I can do another job.'

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me.

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.

I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

I did a modeling gig for Burberry once, and it was a great experience, but no I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.

All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.

I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.

I was quite young when I went to a drama workshop. I was around 9 or 10. I showed interest in it. I never saw it as a career. At around 16, I knew what I wanted to do.