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

I never not wanted to become an actress.

— Emma Roberts

Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew up not…

— Shantel VanSanten

I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.

— Kristin Davis

I've wanted to be an actress my whole life, and the - none of the women I aspired to be like had natural hair.

— Teyonah Parris

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

— Dee Wallace

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

— AnnaLynne McCord

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 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

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

— Martha Plimpton

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

— Zareen Khan

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 always wanted to become an actress.

— Tamannaah

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

— Anna Karina

I announced to my mother one day when I was 8 that I wanted to be a serious actress.

— Meredith Salenger

I never wanted to be an actress. I wanted to go into the medical professional. Acting was not important enough. That was a hobby…

— June Brown