Actor Quote by Nelsan Ellis

I was going to school with a girl who was an actor. And I was, like, 'No, I want to be an actor.'

— Erika Christensen

I got my degree in acting and theater, and then I had a teacher who told me to take a class with The Groundlings.…

— Cecily Strong

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to…

— Britta Phillips

Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard.…

— Anthony Mackie

I was mid-sentence when the casting director said, "Listen, kid. You should not be an actress. You are not pretty enough. You should go…

— Winona Ryder

I want to be taken seriously as an actress.

— Amyra Dastur

I had this little piece of me that always wanted to be an actress, but I would never say it out loud because it…

— Anjelah Johnson

I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell into it.

— Henry Czerny

I wanted to get into theatre as I feel people take you more seriously than as a film actress.

— Daisy Shah

I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and was like,…

— Timothy Omundson

Toward the end of 11th grade, my acting teacher asked me if I was thinking about going to college. I said, 'Yeah, I think…

— Shalita Grant

“I want to be an actor. I’ve already started taking steps. Yesterday I applied to be a waiter.”

— Jarod Kintz