Country Quote by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I knew I wanted to be an actor the first time I thought it wasn't going to be possible and decided to go another…

— James Tupper

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when…

— Gillian Anderson

I clung to being an actress because I felt like it was one of the only things I had, and now that I'm in…

— Naomi Ackie

I had these grand notions that I wanted to go off and be an actor... I was always roping my friends into making my…

— Nicola Coughlan

I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is a something…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise…

— Andre Previn

I felt reluctant accepting the very lucrative and easy life Hollywood had offered me. All of it planted a seed: If I could do…

— Sterling Hayden

I wanted to be a therapist if the acting didn't work. I also did a lot waitressing and odd jobs. I'd audition but couldn't…

— Jennifer Aniston

For me, it was always that one extra job that you do to survive in the industry. I also realised that I was not…

— Abhishek Banerjee

My interest in acting was overwhelming, but I wasn't thinking, "I'm going to California and I'm going to become a movie star." Things were…

— Louise Fletcher

I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it…

— Maisie Williams

I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a…

— Zachary Knighton