Michael Biehn Quotes

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

I went there and helped him shuffle pictures of people, and one of the agents asked me if I was interested in acting. Of course, I was a little bit interested in it; I'm sure that's part of the reason I moved to L.A. even though I never admitted it to myself.

When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we would try it out for a couple weeks and come to L.A. from Sacramento.

Even now, when people come up to me and say, 'My kid's an actor. They want to move to L.A. What should they do?' Even if you wanted to help them as much as possible, there's really nothing you can do.

When I moved to Los Angeles to be on the radio, there was an acting school on every corner. You can't be in L.A. and not be into acting.

I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.

I'd always really wanted to act; but the modelling contracts came more easily.

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

After high school, I drove out to L.A. with a friend of mine who had just graduated also, and I started auditioning. I got an agent, but it was all 'Saved By the Bell' auditions.

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

I definitely want to do movies and stuff.

When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.

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

I've always wanted to be an actor, but I didn't know how to become one.

I always wanted to act, but never thought of it as something serious to do.

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I want a TV series, I'm gonna do some acting jobs, I'm gonna do some Broadway jobs, everything!