David Morrissey Quotes

Only be an actor if you can't be happy doing anything else. I don't think you should be an actor if you want to be actor. I think you should be an actor if you have to be an actor.

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.

Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.

I did my first professional play at 11, and there was really nothing else I ever dreamed of doing. I felt so fortunate that I knew at the age of like, 12, like this is all I want to do for the rest of my life; that's the only play. There's no backup plan. My mom wanted me to go to school and have a backup plan. I'm like 'No, this is the only plan.'

I love acting, so I don't feel that I have ever struggled.

I did not become an actor to earn money - that I could have done it in my village by becoming a farmer. I wanted to show my craft, which I am so passionate about.

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.

From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.

I started acting without any vocation. I continued out of love.

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

I never lost my appetite for acting.

I'm an actress. It's my passion. It's - I've always lived for acting.

By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to do.

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist.

When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician.

From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

The advice that I was always given when asking for advice about acting was that if I could imagine myself doing anything else, anything else at all, then go do that.

I have only one hobby and that is acting. It's my passion, my hobby, so I don't need a break to pursue my hobby.

I've always acted, it's my passion and belief system.

If I wasn't a model, I don't know what I'd do, but I would be working just as hard at whatever it was.

I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling passionate about it, you're compromising yourself every day.'

I do love acting. It's my second love and I would love to do more.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.