I knew I wanted to be an actress when I was 9 years old.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

— Dee Wallace

I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.

— Eva Gabor

This was an actress who, for twenty years, had the world at her feet. She kicked it away, and the ball rolled out of…

— James Agate

My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences…

— Ricky Schroder

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin…

— Marilyn Monroe

I never not wanted to become an actress.

— Emma Roberts

I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people…

— Ashley Jensen

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

— Gena Rowlands

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

— Olivia Wilde

Hollywood actresses age in dog years. I'm 25 in the rest of the world, but I'm about 48 in actress years. I'm just around…

— Amber Heard

I said, 'I'll give myself two years. If I can't support myself as an actress within two years, then I'll go back to choreography.'

— Khandi Alexander

I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.

— AnnaLynne McCord

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

— Barbra Streisand

I never ever had any plans of coming into films and never wanted to become an actress.

— Zareen Khan

I always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl.

— Anna Karina