Suki Waterhouse Quotes

I do paint, and I wanted to actually be a painter. Sometimes I'll whip out paints. It's tough to find the motivation, but it's also a solitary, lonely occupation. What I like about acting is that it is such a collaborative thing.

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.

I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'

Well, ever since I was little, I knew that singing was what I wanted to do, and then I got into, you know, doing drama club and community theater.

I would love to do a musical. When I did 'Fame L.A.' for a year - all the singing, dancing and acting - I was in heaven. I cried so much when they cancelled the show. I mean, I loved going to work and I couldn't wait to get on the set.

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

When I was growing up in the Isle of Man with ambitions of being a performer, I really wanted to go to see a Broadway show.

I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.

I didn't necessarily set out to be in musical theater, but that's where my path has taken me, and I've been loving and enjoying it ever since.

I don't know how to explain it, but ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to perform.

Dancing was a big part of my life, but I would never consider myself a dancer. I adore singing, and music has always been a huge part of my life, but I also enjoy acting.

My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's just noise. And without knowing why you're moving your body, it's just flailing of arms.

I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.

I'm obsessed with musicals.

I'm essentially an actor. And the fact that I got away with singing and dancing for a long time is still a miracle to me.

I love Broadway musicals, but there's a lot that I want to do.

I never wanted to be a wrestler, I wanted to get into musical theater. I always wanted to be on Broadway.

I always wanted to be a performer.

There's something about being onstage, man. No matter what age I am or where I'm going, theater will constantly be the thing that accepts me and embraces me.

Maybe in another life I would have liked to have been a dancer. But I was a cheeky chappy who wanted to be an actor.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I always say the most important thing is the ability to act, then sing, then dance - in that order.

At the end of the day, I want to do film, and I want to do TV, but I grew up on stage, and I love music.

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!