Sara Gilbert Quotes

There's no business like show business.

I've always felt like I've been in good shows.

I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

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

I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it's in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever.

After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

I have that working-class show-business blood coursing through my veins.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.

I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.

I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.

I love acting, but don't necessarily enjoy other aspects of the business. For me, going to celebrity parties is like work.

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.

I'm a rapper trying to be an actor.

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent... it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.