Eddie Izzard Quotes

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

I expected that most of my career would be in dramatic acting. My hero was James Dean.

Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.

I'd love to be in a movie at some point.

I was probably about 10 years old when I said to Mom, 'I'd really like to pursue a career in front of the camera.'

I was 12 when I decided that I wanted to see myself on the big screen.

I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing that you can do is be an actor. And I was really enthralled by the whole process.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor.

I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

I was 11 and watching soap operas with my mom, and I thought it would be cool to be an actor. I thought soap operas was going to be the dream at the time - it's obviously now not the dream, but I think soap operas are really cool. Maybe I'll go back to that.

I find that as long as I'm acting it doesn't matter if it's for TV, or a series or a short film. I always have fun no matter what I'm doing.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

I didn't grow up watching movies and thinking, 'Oh, I wanna be in those!'

I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then there was this moment on set when I realized I was having a lot of fun, and I really wanted to do this forever.

I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

Acting for the Indian audience is surely on my bucket list; it may take some time, though.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

When you're just an actor, maybe not the top of the list guys, you get constant rejection and it's fun.

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.