Mike Lookinland Quotes

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids.

I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing... I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.

I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.

I quit doing the movies because the wrestling was going so good and was so on fire during the '80s and '90s, but I was getting all these movie scripts.

I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but it's quite a lonely job.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I never wanted to be in the show business. I wanted to do special effects.

I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

I never wanted to end up in entertainment; that wasn't the goal.

I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.

I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

My father was a television director, and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry, but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.

I'm a producer... I am a Hollywood producer. That is so weird. And it's not lame. But it's just like, how did that happen?

No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician.

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

Very early, I thought I would go into music, but I was aware that it would bring a set of obstacles I didn't find particularly attractive. Also, I'm not a great performer! For a while, I thought I would do something in landscape gardening. But it was always fashion for me.

Speaking for myself, I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists.

I really wanted to be the American James Bond when I was starting out in the business. Then I got 'Falcon Crest,' and the film portion of my career took a back seat.

Acting is what I'd always wanted to do; hosting 'The Soup' was more because of Greg Kinnear.

I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

I never in my life saw myself as a game show host. I don't want to be a traffic cop.