Nicholson Quote by Lukas Haas

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be…

— Robert Shaw

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

— Phil Hartman

I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

— Sydney Pollack

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside…

— Edward James Olmos

But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

— George Cukor

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

— Sam Neill

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

— Douglas Sirk

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.

— Geraldine Chaplin

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

— Jennifer Coolidge

I became an actor because I couldn't not.

— Debra Winger

I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.

— Seth Rogen

I thought I would be an extra one time in a movie. And I would have been happy with that.

— Joey Diaz