Academy Quote by Fred Gwynne

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

— Edward Burns

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

— Boris Kodjoe

I did everything in my power not to be an actress. I went off and did a teacher-training course first, so I could teach…

— Sarah Douglas

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in…

— Michael Steger

I went to acting school. I went to college for acting.

— Anthony Carrigan

Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

— Daniella Alonso

When I started off, nobody held my hand and told me what I should do and how I should portray myself as an actor.

— Payal Rohatgi

I became an actor because I didn't know what else to do. Academically, I wasn't good.

— Anthony Hopkins

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

In college I took an acting class as a joke. It sounded like something fun and easy at the time. I had originally wanted…

— Michael Graziadei

I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell into it.

— Henry Czerny

I was in drama, wanted to be an actor.

— Joan Jett