Martin Landau Quotes

I want to act. That'd be so much fun.

As I got older, I would study privately with some coaches. Then I found Lee Strasberg, which I loved.

I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'

I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied there. I did classes there. I learned how to act. Growing up there, I discovered my love for acting, but I just wasn't getting the opportunities to work professionally.

I always knew I wanted to act but I was really afraid to desire something that seemed so unrealistic and a long shot. I was a kid memorizing entire movies and TV episodes but I didn't take it seriously until I was about 19. Then I moved to New York and took it head on.

Acting has always been my passion. It's always been my love, and I've always done it, since I was a kid.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I was not a trained actor.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

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

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

I don't have that drive to be in this field, climbing up, doing bit parts in movies to make a big movie. But I'm lucky I get to also do acting - it's fun. I should probably just take an acting class on the weekends - that would be enough for me.

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.