Actors Quote by Matthew Lillard

I don't want to be solely a dramatic actor. It's such an important part of my quality of life to goof around and talk…

— Patti Harrison

I was a 'bathroom actor' and people used to laugh at me, listening to my lofty aims and ambitions.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

Even more than the comedy thing, I really wanted to be an actor.

— Will Sasso

I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

— Jane Lynch

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

— Emilia Clarke

I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a physics degree,…

— Judd Hirsch

Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare…

— John Lithgow

I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.

— Jennifer Coolidge

I was so frustrated with my whole life that I walked up this hilltop and screamed at the heavens. It was very dramatic -…

— Beth Grant

I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes…

— Cary Grant

You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane.…

— Joan Fontaine