Actor Quote by James Nesbitt

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

— James Nesbitt

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

I always wanted to be an actor. I did drama at Manchester University and then had a stand-up comedy double act with a guy…

— Mathew Horne

I moved across the country to become an actor, not an academic type.

— Noah Centineo

I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

— Robert Emms

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

— Dermot Mulroney

I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.

— Roger Moore

I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung…

— Peter Falk

I've been in various roles in TV - writer, producer, associate director.

— Smriti Irani

I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I come from a production assistant background. That was my first role on a set before even being an actor, that and writing.

— Quinta Brunson