--- title: "7 Chose Acting Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Chose Acting quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Chose Acting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/honeysuckle-weeks-21221_acting_from-the-very-start-if-there-was-a-spotl_264738.jpg" --- > [From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. My parents wondered what to do with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honeysuckle-weeks/from-the-very-start-if-there-was-a-spotlight-i-would-step-into-it-my/) [Honeysuckle Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honeysuckle-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/honeysuckle-weeks-21221_acting_from-the-very-start-if-there-was-a-spotl_264738.jpg) > [My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-o-connor/my-parents-probably-were-delighted-when-i-chose-acting-because-if/) [Josh O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/josh-o-connor-14437_acting_my-parents-probably-were-delighted-when_1327696.jpg) > [My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradford-dillman/my-feeling-is-that-you-should-try-to-do-the-things-you-enjoy-most-in/) [Bradford Dillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradford-dillman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/bradford-dillman-73815_acting_my-feeling-is-that-you-should-try-to-do_1402082.jpg) > [I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-esten/i-had-been-in-a-band-in-college-you-kind-of-need-to-make-a-choice/) [Chip Esten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-esten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/chip-esten-52921_acting_i-had-been-in-a-band-in-college-you-kind_1477454.jpg) > [I think I went through my phase of feeling sort of invisible when I left my small hometown in Canada and moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-chatwin/i-think-i-went-through-my-phase-of-feeling-sort-of-invisible-when-i/) [Justin Chatwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-chatwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/justin-chatwin-41533_acting_i-think-i-went-through-my-phase-of-feeli_1845445.png) > [My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me and I'm very grateful I can still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honeysuckle-weeks/my-parents-wondered-what-to-do-with-this-insufferable-show-off-they/) [Honeysuckle Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honeysuckle-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/honeysuckle-weeks-21221_acting_my-parents-wondered-what-to-do-with-this_2568952.jpg) > [Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-mann/growing-up-i-wasn-t-as-comfortable-expressing-myself-as-i-am-now-and/) [Leslie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/leslie-mann-8943_acceptable_growing-up-i-wasn-t-as-comfortable-expre_3146020.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chose-acting/#itemlist", "name": "Chose Acting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. 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