Acting Quote by Zawe Ashton

I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with…

— Harvey Fierstein

A couple of weeks before I started auditioning for 'Sex Education,' I was very convinced I was going to quit acting.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.

— Len Cariou

I got the acting bug back because I felt like all of a sudden maybe after all these years, maybe I might have something…

— Mel Gibson

I was never hungry for this kind of attention; it was the love of performing that got me interested in acting.

— Ranveer Singh

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just…

— Jordin Sparks

When I found out that they were doing a revival of 'Annie,' I decided to audition just for fun and see how it turned…

— Lilla Crawford

Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on my acting.

— Van Heflin

I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role.…

— Kevin Richardson

I was being groomed to be the theatrical caricaturist. And I know if I got that job, I'd never quit. So I quit. I…

— Martin Landau

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.

— Marcia Cross

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered…

— Scott Speedman