Acting Quote by Carmen Ejogo

When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and…

— Rebel Wilson

I think when I started acting, the whole time I was working towards one day coming to America. Hollywood, in particular, is seen to…

— Liam Hemsworth

I feel like I was born an actor. I did not pursue acting until I was a bit older. But I got a taste…

— Carmen Ejogo

The whole celebrity culture is super weird, but I'm part of it for some reason, and you kind of have to be as an…

— Asa Butterfield

Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Actors have become much more savvy about the nature of television celebrity these days. We were not. The kind of celebrity culture that exists…

— John Nettles

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.…

— Kevin Kline

I've never wanted to be a celebrity. I didn't know what a celebrity was until I came to America.

— Charlize Theron

As an actress, I always wanted to do movies, and I never dreamt about doing movies in America just because I didn't think it…

— Marion Cotillard

I wanted to be involved in TV and film in some capacity, so a compromise, because acting seemed unrealistic, and so risky, was to…

— Wentworth Miller

I never pictured myself in California. I just thought I would be a character actress in New York on the stage. I never really…

— Rhea Perlman

I felt reluctant accepting the very lucrative and easy life Hollywood had offered me. All of it planted a seed: If I could do…

— Sterling Hayden