Kenneth Cranham Quotes

I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.

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

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I didn't choose to be an actress.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

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.

People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.

I'm an actress, not a celebrity.

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire.

If you don't love acting more than anything else, don't do it. It's not a normal life. It will take you away from your family, friends and life in general.

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

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

I don't see myself being an actress forever.

I've always wanted to do acting. The biggest thing I ever did was 'The Dirty Dozen.' My contract was for three months, but the picture was taking longer to make than they thought it would. I stayed for seven months, and Frank Sinatra told me to leave. He said the public is very fickle and that they'll forget you.

I'm not an actor who is trying to be a movie star.

The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.