Sam Robards Quotes

People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.

I'm not one of those little kids that grow up wanting to be an actor.

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I didn't choose to be an actress.

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

If you don't love acting more than anything else, don't do it. It's not a normal life. It will take you away from your family, friends and life in general.

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

I'm not a person who romanticizes what being an actor should be.

The only benefit of my dad being in the film industry was that I got a reality check right from the start. I wasn't delusional and didn't want to be an actor just for the glamour.

I want to be a star who acts as well.

I grew up in this industry. I've seen fame up close.

Glamour is a very small aspect of being an actress.

I guess I'm just a normal kid apart from the acting.

Hollywood is a very hard place to be in. It really is.

I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business.