Acting Quote by James Earl Jones

When I started out, I had no idea what I was doing. I was 16, and acting was a new, exciting thing. So, I…

— Krystle D'Souza

I started acting when I was young, and I didn't go to drama school. It was always something that I did alongside going to…

— Bel Powley

I started acting because I was offered films, and I wanted to go to drama school and do the film because I'm the kind…

— Lisa Haydon

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved…

— Emily Watson

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of…

— Hugh Dancy

My acting has got to be natural. I didn't go to any drama schools. It's a gift from God.

— Scatman Crothers

When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there…

— Gary Oldman

I didn't get into drama school after university. Looking back, I think I was really bad.

— Lolly Adefope

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

— Anna Chlumsky

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just…

— Peter Capaldi

It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I…

— Lena Dunham