Act Quote by Anonymous

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back…

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

At the height of my film career I joined politics because I felt I had more to do than just act.

— Jaya Prada

I had been acting for 40 years when politics beckoned. I didn't want to continue with a film career. It had to be politics wholeheartedly.

— Vijayashanti

I am an actor first and foremost. Even without my involvement in politics, I was staying away from sub-standard work.

— Paresh Rawal

I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay…

— Barney Frank

I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed - for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s,…

— Barney Frank

I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.

— William Baldwin

I had a really fun career in TV right after I left politics.

— Jon Lovett

I studied political science, and when I fell into acting in college - it was just a total fluke that I became an actor.…

— Michael Kelly

A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front…

— Zephyr Teachout

Growing up, I never ever thought that I would or could or should be involved in politics. I didn't see anyone who looked like…

— Michelle Wu

I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I was able…

— Barack Obama