Piper Perabo Quotes

I was an actor in New York, dude.

My mother had been an actress and we came from that world in New York, the theater world and the downtown sort of theater scene, and so I guess we didn't really have what you'd call like a Hollywood kind of life at all.

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.

I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.

My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.

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 came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I always wanted to be a comedian and actor.

A few years after I graduated, I was doing a play in Boston and was asked to audition for Christophe Durang's play, 'Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,' and I got the part. We were performing in Lincoln Center when, during our weekly meeting with producers, they that said they loved our show and wanted to take us to Broadway.

It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.

Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a successful TV show, you spend 80 percent of your year doing the thing you love.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

I would love to be on Broadway!

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

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.

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about.

When I get older, I want to be a Kristin Chenoweth and Sutton Foster - you know how they do all of it? I just want to do anything that has to do with performing.