Nelsan Ellis Quotes

I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought if I was going to try that, I should shoot for the best, and I auditioned for Julliard.

The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

I really wanted to do plays since I was a little girl. I wanted to go to Juilliard and to learn, but then I really fell in love with doing film and television along the way.

Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.

Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I'm gonna be Meryl Streep Rivers.

What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I was not a trained actor.

I'm ready for theatre. I'm ready for dramas, period stuff, films. I want to achieve everything.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

I was failed in all other aspects of filmmaking and was completely bankrupt because my dreams were higher than realities. So I started my acting school in a small room with 12 students to prepare future actors and actresses.

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.

I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.

I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.

I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again.