Opera Quote by Kelli O'Hara

I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15.…

— Meryl Streep

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

— Bruno Sammartino

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose…

— Christoph Waltz

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I…

— Rick Nielsen

I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer.

— Kristine Opolais

I wanted to be an opera singer since I was a very little girl.

— Nico

Singing was always my main ambition, but acting was something else I wanted to achieve.

— Sarah Harding

I studied opera, and when I left conservatory I told myself I would never sing in public again.

— Garth Greenwell

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

— Madonna Ciccone

Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of…

— Robert Davi

I wanted to be an opera singer, but the discipline needed to maintain a healthy voice and that was not for me.

— Bridget Everett

To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.

— Danielle de Niese