Ana de Armas Quotes

When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

I had no dream of being a movie star.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.

Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor.

If my goal is to become a movie star, me working at a pizza shop won't help me. I have to make the stars align.

I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.

My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers.

I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

I don't want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a long way to go.

It's so odd because I don't even know if I'm cut out for it, but being a movie star guy, I sort of end up gravitating toward the Coen brothers. That's one of the reasons my wife and I moved to L.A.: that however much of a pipe dream that would be, I moved to L.A. because I'd love to work with the Coen brothers.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

I love all the 'Twilight' characters. I can watch Kristen Stewart and think, 'I want to be that role someday.'

I'm very ambitious when it comes to cameos.

To make a breakthrough in Hollywood, you have to be committed to doing it, which is true of anything in life. I was already a big star in India and I stayed with that.

Maybe I will end up in the movies.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I definitely understood the feeling of moving to Los Angeles and having a dream to be an actor in films and to get to be a part of things that I loved and inspire people in some way.

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.