Scott Thompson Quotes

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

You can laugh at me, but I understand show business.

It always makes me laugh to think that I get to sit around and chat with people like Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi and get paid for it.

My big dream is to be a late-night host, but it's like, what does that even mean?

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.

I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.

I had no dream of being a movie star.

I would love to be on 'Glee,' thus furthering the myth that I'm a gay man.

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

I'm loving saying 'I'm not a big movie star, but I play one on television.'

I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.

No one would have picked me out in high school and said, 'This guy is going to be in show business.' I don't have any of the talents you would normally associate with show business.

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.

None of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

We always thought that we'd go on from the show to have a career in movies.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.