David Wenham Quotes

I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.

I don't regret giving up football for acting. I love football and am very proud I played for Morton. But the truth is, I wasn't going to get much higher in football. At the same time, I sensed I could go somewhere in acting. I'm 28, which is young for acting, whereas in football I'd now be near the end of my career.

If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.

I had to decide between doing 'Issaq' and continuing school and I chose 'Issaq.'

I grew up dancing my whole life, and I always kind of perceived that's what I would do professionally. But when I caught the acting bug, I knew I needed to go with no turning back.

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just didn't have the guts to go, 'Yes, I'm going to be an actor,' until I was probably 21.

I never admitted what I wanted to do for a career to anyone until I was 26. I wish I'd piped up at 18.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

Early on, you don't have the luxury of a lot of choices. Sometimes you're forced to do things that will advance your career and not necessarily things that fulfill you artistically, but I've been fortunate to do a lot of both.

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.

I chose when I was 30 to change my life entirely and become a director and sit in the dark and that's what I love doing.

I was a good student. For a while, my parents did make me cope with school and films simultaneously. But after a point, this wasn't practical. I had to choose between studies and films. I chose films.

When I moved to L.A., I had no intention of really pursuing acting. I wanted to focus on stand-up. It's crazy to me that my acting career took off much faster than my stand-up career.

I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.

Acting is my passion but everyone was against it. But mom insisted that her daughter would do what she wanted, no matter how brilliant a student she was.

When I wanted to become an actor, I was afraid to tell it to my parents. But once, my uncle Chiranjeevi said that I have qualities to become a hero. Then, for the first time, I told him that I wanted to be an actor. He said it to my parents, and everyone is happy about it.

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.

I got the opportunity, and I grabbed it, and slowly, I started finding a lot of interest in acting.