Acting Quote by Anna Maxwell Martin

I was in drama, wanted to be an actor.

— Joan Jett

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

— Manoj Bajpayee

I was very much a character actress. But I've never stopped doing theater.

— Mariette Hartley

What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's…

— John Corbett

I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love…

— Talulah Riley

I think that I originally became an actor because I was super, super dramatic. Over the top, all the time. I was the kid…

— Alanna Masterson

I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.

— Carol Kane

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

— Peter Hedges

I always saw myself as a character actor.

— Lana Parrilla

I always wanted to go into acting.

— Rupert Grint

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

— Len Cariou