Acting Quote by Marianne Elliott

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

— Danny Huston

I haven't studied acting formally, so my 'university' was watching a lot cinema.

— Ishaan Khatter

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

— Millicent Simmonds

I pretty much immediately ran away from university to be an actor.

— Rege-Jean Page

I started as a director very young and fell into acting.

— Peter Stormare

It was a sort of weird, troubled road into acting because I had been a bit naughty in school until I did my Highers,…

— Chloe Pirrie

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

— David Nicholls

In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor.

— Mickey Sumner

Directing is my first love; turning an actor was rather accidental.

— Dileesh Pothan

I wanted to write in film or something like that. I thought acting was an embarrassing thing to say you wanted to do, especially…

— Max Minghella

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

— Edward Burns

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act.

— Peter Stormare