Remo D'Souza Quotes

As a person who came from a small town and had dreams of becoming an actor, I know what it's like to have no support system for what it is that you want to do. A lot of people think you don't have a chance.

I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.

For me, it was the right decision to go to United, because going to the top of the mountain was my dream, especially when you come from Eastern Europe, from a small town, and no one's done it before you.

Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.

I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

From Italy, I'd get calls from cousins and aunts saying, 'I don't think you should act. It's really tough. What are the chances?' This was around the time 'Flashdance' came out, and I was like, 'What about your dreams? I'm a maniac.'

Raise your ambition beyond where you're capable of now. There's nothing about my hometown that said I'd be working with Fortune 50 CEO's, Olympians, at the highest level.

I wanted to prove to people it doesn't matter if you come from a small little island: that you can make it in this industry.

I've known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town, and it was just not something that was possible.

When I became an actor, I knew that there were only two ways of going about it - either I become an actor who has expectations, or the reverse of it.

There's no way in hell I'm supposed to be on television or be a broadcaster of any regard. But I have defied those odds because I believe in this: I am damn sure not going to let somebody else define who I am.

Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is completely unexpected?

When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by, and then, if I am having a good time, chances are that people will like watching you.

Though I played classical piano since age 5 and sang in a cappella groups, being an artist didn't seem like something I was talented enough to do full time. So I kind of buried that dream.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.

If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare.