Acting Quote by Stellan Skarsgard

I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I'm acting for the same reasons I wanted to become a diplomat. I've thought about it a lot and concluded that I wanted to…

— Edgar Ramirez

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

— John Gimlette

I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.

— Ari Graynor

I grew up thinking that I would be an ambassador secret agent. From age 14 to right before I graduated college, I was really…

— Kathryn Minshew

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

— David Cunliffe

I always wanted to be acting but...my parents (who are Cambodian) wanted me to be something else with more stability, like a doctor or…

— Ellen Wong

Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and I knew…

— Lorraine Toussaint

When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about…

— David Morrissey

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was…

— Michael Shannon

I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I studied political science, and when I fell into acting in college - it was just a total fluke that I became an actor.…

— Michael Kelly