Able Quote by Tony Curtis

I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.

— H. R. Giger

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

I think of me being a painter eventually.

— Syd Barrett

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college,…

— Roger Deakins

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

— John Burnside

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.

— Josh Hartnett

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

— Edi Rama

I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.

— Paul Simonon

I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I wanted to be a painter.

— Max Cannon

I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite…

— John Lithgow

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.

— Hugo Chavez