I had no ambition to become an actor at all.

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

— Dino De Laurentiis

I am shaped by my community - and I have been supported in my ambition to be an actor and storyteller.

— Lily Gladstone

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

— Anupam Roy

I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.

— Hal Sparks

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

— Thomas Haden Church

I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor.

— Jeremy Piven

There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I came out…

— Sasha Luss

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

— Ron Perlman

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

— Will Smith

No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty…

— Gillian Jacobs

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

— Lupita Nyong'o

When we watch a film as actors, you have to understand that we always see much more than what's on screen.

— Kunal Khemu

What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this…

— Emily Browning

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

— Annie Potts