Esperanza Spalding Quotes

My background is in dance, but as soon as I found acting and realized that I could entertain people, not just with my body but with what comes out of my mouth, I was into that.

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

I went to drama school in Scotland.

I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

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 an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

Acting was my first love.

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is.

Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.

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

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov plays. It's about delivering on the promise of a $100,000 education and taking the shackles off and trying the hand at my craft. I'm thrilled with what I've seen so far.

I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around play dress-up all the time. I think I was 4 when I told them I wanted to do movies.

In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.

I like to do a lot of different things in acting.

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

I loved movies growing up. I went to the movies with my uncle all the time. But being an actor? I didn't even think about it until I was about twenty years old. I took a class at the college I was at. I don't know why - I just wanted to take a class, and I kind of fell in love with it there.

I really like to act, and I really like to perform. I enjoy producing as well.

Acting. It's the number one thing I love to do. That's why when people ask me what else I'd love to do, I have no answer - this is all I ever wanted to do.

You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

I love acting, and so whenever I get the opportunity to act, I'm happy. I'm easy to please when it comes to that kind of stuff. I don't know what I'd do without it.