Actor Quote by Laura Linney

I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

— Alicia Keys

I grew up in Wisconsin. It's not like growing up in New York or L.A., where you know somebody's cousin who does this. It…

— Bradley Whitford

I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were stage actors.…

— Lydia Wilson

I always wanted to be an actor. My first professional job was at 19, working in New York theater.

— Peter Scolari

I grew up doing theater. I came to New York and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. I was this serious young…

— Amanda Bearse

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

— Condola Rashad

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

— Loni Anderson

I wanted to be a Broadway actress; I was always interested in music and theater.

— Randi Zuckerberg

I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I…

— Gloria Stuart

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New…

— John Gallagher, Jr

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I had started out my grown-up life in New York City, but I couldn't figure out how to be an actor there. And so…

— Michael Emerson