Christopher Atkins Quotes

But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business.

I never had any idea of going into movies.

I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.

I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No.

I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

I'd like to start trying different fields of work. I don't want to be stuck in just comedy, and I'd be interested to try to break into the movie business because it's so much different than television.

When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.

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

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

I've always loved movies, since I was a little kid, but I never wanted to be part of that industry. It always seemed horrifying, the way films were made.

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.

I got into the movie business because of 'Days of Heaven.'

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

As I got older, I fell more in love with movies and thought it would be incredible to someday be in one.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

I consider myself a student of Hollywood.