Holt McCallany Quotes

I had a lot of time to think in the service; I swore that, if I survived, nothing would keep me from an acting career.

When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.

I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets.

I've said no to a lot of things because they didn't make me a leading man. They put me in a category I wasn't interested in.

I don't think, because I'm going to school for something else, that I will stop being an actress.

Even when I was starting out, I knew there were certain things that I didn't want to do or wanted to do.

The first thing I wanted to be growing up was a solicitor, because all the people around me needed solicitors! But I never really followed it up. Then I wanted to be a dessert chef because I liked the presentation.

I'm a really competitive guy. I'm a really stubborn guy. That's what makes me want to take Milwaukee to the top, make Milwaukee a big market team. That's a goal I've set for myself. Hopefully, one day I can achieve it.

Always, you have these objectives when you are young. You think you can be the best, and that's what I have to be because, if not, I'm not playing football.

I have friends who have no choice; they came from whatever town, they didn't have anybody in entertainment and they just knew they wanted to act and they did it.

I watched the Oscars, but there wasn't a side of me that was like "Oh, one day..." It was mostly "This is what I want to do, and how do I do it?" As soon as I decided that I was going to be an actor, for about five years after that, I just decided to not do much acting. It was like "Okay, this is what you're going to be later on."

My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I told him I wanted to pursue a career as an actor, my father said, "Look at what you see on television at the movies, is that what you want to be doing? Do you want to make a life out of that?" And I said, "Daddy, I'm going to change it".

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.

You are always free to choose what you do with your life. To make changes in your future, make new choices today.

Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

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

It's not normal for me to feel jealous. I'm competitive with myself more than anything. And anyway, all of my friends in the business are bigger than me! Most of them are musicians, and I think music takes them to a whole new level. For me, I'm going to try out music, but it will be more fun than anything else. I'm really trying my hardest to become a well-respected actress. All I really want to do is movie after movie after movie. I love acting, and I want to create that so I can be around for a long time.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?

You can't blame anyone else, ... , no one but yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.

We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.

You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

Life is about where you are right now, and the choices you make.

How do you want to live your life? How do you want to play the game? Do you want to play in the big leagues or in the little leagues, in the majors or the minors? Are you going to play big or play small? It's your choice.