Actor Quote by Lynn Shelton

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make…

— Gus Van Sant

Before I became an actor, I was a producer and a visual effects supervisor. Our industry wasn't making the kind of films I was…

— Rana Daggubati

And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.

— Amy Schumer

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all…

— Franka Potente

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

I wanted to make films before I wanted to be an actor.

— Harris Dickinson

When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.

— Mike Lookinland

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

— Dermot Mulroney

I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.

— Rana Daggubati

Another part of my background was that I was in film school.

— Tom Anderson

I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a…

— Robert Wagner