Samuel West Quotes

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be.

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

Acting kind of chose me.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

Music and acting kind of all goes together.

Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas.

What I really want to be is an actor.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

I'm going to be an actor.

I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.

People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

I am not an actress.

Actors don't have real value.

It is so common in middle-class families to consider modelling and acting not serious.

My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer.

My first love was singing. It was the first thing that really felt like it was a part of me. It's just in my blood. And acting came sort of out of singing because I did a lot of musical theater.

I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor - the day in and day out of it.

Most actors can't write. Most writers can't act. Most comedians can't act. I can do all three, so why wouldn't I do that?

I just want to be known as a clown because to me, that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance and, above all, make people laugh.

Singing has always been something that I've loved to do, but I never thought about doing, professionally. I always felt more drawn to acting.

I would do the baby voice and it's kind of like this character I made up. But in real life, I'm completely different. I'm very smart. I think a lot of people will assume I'm an airhead.

I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.