Actor Ambition Quotes

Every kid wants to be an actor. When I was a kid, I thought, 'Oh, it'd be great to be like Errol Flynn. I want to be an actor.'

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid. When I was eleven Saturday Night Live came on and I thought, "Oh God, I'd love to do that." I saw the Pink Panther movies and thought, "God, I'd love to have a comedy series; I'd love to have a character I'd created that becomes a series." I've now pretty-much done everything I've wanted to do since I was eight years old and it's a wonderful feeling, I've got to say.

Jackie Chan is so international. Everywhere you go, people know who he is. I hope I can be like that one day too - to be an actor that represents Asia to the world.

I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.

I'm on a never-ending quest to get back on a TV series, and I want to get on 'The Walking Dead.'

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.

I'm a greedy actor, craving for exciting parts to play.

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

I am keen to prove myself as an actor.

Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.

I want to tackle the award-winning films. I want to be seen as an actor-actor.

My father was so against me becoming an actor.

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.

I was constantly on stage in school, and even while I was pursuing my MBA, I knew that I wanted to eventually become an actor.

I wanted to be a cowboy in cowboy movies.

I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'

It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.

Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just didn't have the guts to go, 'Yes, I'm going to be an actor,' until I was probably 21.

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.