Jamie Dornan Quotes

I was 10, and I played Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island' at school, and this great Liverpudlian actor called Andrew Schofield - he was Johnny Rotten in 'Sid And Nancy' - came to watch it, and he had a word with my mum and dad afterwards and told them I should have a go at the Everyman youth theatre. I've never looked back.

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

My dad was the cause of me being in show business. He was not only in poetry but in acting a bit. He was Mordecai in the play 'A Dream of Queen Esther.'

My mother's brother, my uncle, was an actor, quite well known in the West End. He used to come over to our house, and he and I would put on performances for my family. From that, this love of performing and acting grew.

I first started doing theatre, as my sister did it, so I wanted to do the same.

My mum and dad's hobby was amateur dramatics.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was looking for. Once that had got cleared up, from 13 on, that was it.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

I would love to do more theatre, musicals... everything.

I played comedies and dramas.

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

The stage is my first love.

I'd like to be in a play with Mark Rylance.