Charlotte Rae Quotes

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

I had never thought I would be an actor.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares.

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

I entered this career having no background or connection to acting.

Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.

I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego.

I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then I moved to London when I got engaged to Bryan Ferry, and I studied at the National Theatre there.

I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'

I never imagined I was going to do movies. My dreams were to become a regional theater actor.

To be an actor wasn't something that seemed realistic. I started late; I was about 19.

I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.

I started in action, and then I went to comedy school.

Subliminally, I had always wanted to act. Although I had only performed in a couple of plays, I was serious about it and was subsequently trained by people like Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

I had no intention of being an actor, ever.

In my early days, I used to go to many acting gurus, Asha Chandra and Roshan Taneja being two of them.

My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious.

I never thought I would become an actress.

I just kind of fell into acting.