Film Quote by Tony Shalhoub

I always saw myself as a stage actress, and that was the reason I wanted to act, but very slowly, I've changed.

— Vanessa Kirby

The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort of knew…

— John Lithgow

I think of myself as an actor.

— Oliver Platt

I thought I'd be doing theater, really. That's all I had experience with growing up. I mean, I saw movies and television, but I…

— Zeljko Ivanek

I didn't always mean to be an actor. I was carried onto the stage when I was two days old, but I never acted…

— Peter Sellers

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up…

— Claire Danes

I think that I originally became an actor because I was super, super dramatic. Over the top, all the time. I was the kid…

— Alanna Masterson

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as…

— Roddy McDowall

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

— Peter Hedges

I was constantly on stage in school, and even while I was pursuing my MBA, I knew that I wanted to eventually become an…

— Kay Kay Menon

I really never had any thought about being a legitimate actor, like a stage performer. I wanted to make movies. I wanted to do…

— Sam Elliott

That's why I wanted to be an actor - to be everybody. Through all those different people I can learn about myself.

— Freddie Fox