Taissa Farmiga Quotes

I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives, all these different jobs. And the only thing I could think was an actor.

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.

I didn't want to get married, and I didn't want kids - I knew I wanted to act.

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor. I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday.

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

I'm an actor - I want to be known for that.

I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going to be an actress.

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

I don't know what my future holds. I'm gonna love playing football for as long as I can, but there's a lot of other things that I would love to accomplish.

You don't have to go out and party every night. You can act because it's your dream.

I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

I sort of fell in love with it when I was in high school doing theater. And so, as sometimes happens when kids - they graduate high school, and people turn to them and say, 'So what are you going to do with your life?' I thought, 'Well, I like being onstage. I like being an actor.'

I want to be a professional. I want to be like my TV father, Bill Smitrovich. He's an easy, calm actor. I don't want to freak out.

I got to portray a park ranger on 'Gilmore Girls,' the reunion films. And when I was a kid, that was one of the things that I wanted to be - I wanted to be a forest ranger or park ranger.

I'm not one of those little kids that grow up wanting to be an actor.

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

I remember quite clearly a time when I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I was six, I was worry-free, and I aspired to be an actor-slash-pizza maker. To me, the decision was simple; that is what would make me happy.

When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a rock star. I wanted to be Steven Tyler. It was really strange, but as a little girl you think anything is possible, and it is. I never even thought about being an actress.

I would like to direct good actors, and there are good actors who are stars.

I didn't want to be the 40-year-old still on MTV doing 'Real World.' I loved the show. I loved the people on it, but I had a different set of goals.

When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things.

I was eight when I played St. Joseph, and I told my mom from that moment on I wanted to be an actor.