Early Vocation Quotes

I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.

I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.

At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.

My first thought in life was wanting to be an actor. I was in ballet slippers and on pointe as soon as I could walk. I always wanted to be an actress, not a mother or housewife.

I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew what he wanted to do. My wife too. She's a ballet dancer, and she's known what she wanted to do since she was 5. My mother used to tell this story about how our TV set had been taken to be repaired, and back then, they took the set out of the console. So there was this empty console with an empty TV screen in it, and I would climb inside and be like, "I'm on TV!"

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

I sang in church at 5. When I saw the reaction, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.

When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.

I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.