I did not want to become an actor.

You know, when I was little, I actually did want to be an actor. But I only wanted to play myself. So Instagram is…

— Caroline Calloway

When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want…

— Jimmy O. Yang

I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken…

— Rutger Hauer

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

— Stella Adler

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.

— Mike Leigh

I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's going to…

— Brian Cox

“If you want to be an actor, don’t. If you need to be an actor, do.”

— Derek Jacobi

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

— Mark Lester

I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main…

— Luke Mitchell

I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very…

— Kate Bush

I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test…

— Alan G. Poindexter

Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where…

— James Patterson

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

— Gene Tierney

And the other was this: the doctor did want to take off my leg because he thought it was necessary. But you must remember…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.

— Daley Thompson