“But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.” PeopleDoneFeelingsSchoolJobsFeltActingDramaMetsComfortableDecidedTheatreCoffeeSelling Author:Janet McTeer
“I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.” MadeHomeDecisionActingWorstDecidedBest BusinessBusiness Decisions Author:Tamala Jones
“I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked One Life to Live.” PassionActingWeekOne DayDecidedCustomersQuittingPursueBossAbusiveOne Life To Live Author:Tika Sumpter
“I told everyone that actings for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.” GivingTryingEndsLastsChanceActingMonthsNeededDecidedQuittingLoserTry AgainLast Chance Author:Judi Shekoni
“I was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the most beautiful girl I had ever known, and she was taking an acting class, so I decided to take the same acting class. And I was a terrible actor in college.” BeautifulGirlActorsActingKnownClassCollegeTerribleMetsDecidedLawyerThis GirlBeautiful GirlActing ClassesLaura Author:Kurt Fuller
“I decided at age 5 to start acting and I have never wanted to do anything else.” AgeWantedActingDecided Author:Lois Robbins
“I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you go from being attractive to where they [directors] decided you're out... I feel like with stand-up comedy, it doesn't matter if I've gotten fatter.” IfsWorldFeelsI CanMatterAgeActingComedyImagineDirectorsDecidedAttractiveBeing A WomanStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Jefferies
“When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it.” IfsYearsMadeJobsActingCareersFourWeekTvsNeededDecidedCastsIf I CouldTake MeProtectedSurfMorris Author:Thomas Haden Church
“I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.” HardActingHalfHard WorkLuckyDecidedLuckFingersWork OutQuittingFortunateGymnasticsI QuitFingers Crossed Author:Nina Dobrev
“I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.” ActingWonderHappenedTalentDecidedCategoriesAmazedModelingScholarshipCompletion Author:Eva Longoria
“Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting, instead of distracting the class? Why don't you use your comic talent for something more productive?" My maths teacher suggested I do comedy and I decided to have a go. I pursued it after that. I was about 17.” TryingWellsSaidUseSchoolActingClassComedyTeacherTalentDecidedMathComicProductivePursuedArrestedMath Teacher Author:John Leguizamo
“When I decided to take on acting as a career and a profession, I didn't know much about it. I knew that I was passionate about it. There was nothing else I could think of that I wanted to do and that's when I knew it was the right choice. It was also one of the scariest moments of my life.” ThinkingKnowsMomentsWantedChoicesActingCareersDecidedPassionateProfessionRight Choices Author:Drew Waters
“'Acting as if...' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.” IfsTryingWarActingCollegeDecidedNewspapersSufficientCoveringVolleyballRetrospectActing As If Author:Samantha Power
“I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. 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 I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place.” WorldLongIdeasSelfKidsWantedActingConflictDecidedPursueGoing OutBetter PlaceSelf CenteredDiplomats Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.” DoneWantedActingCareersDecidedThrust Author:Jeff Bridges
“When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it was the tackiest thing they'd ever heard of. Acting was really beneath them. They couldn't believe that I would want to become an actress. Not now, of course.” WantBelieveSchoolCoursesParentActingHeardMy FriendsDecidedActressesPursue Author:Salma Hayek
“I decided to pursue an acting career after having had an incredible experience working on a play in high school.” PlaySchoolActingCareersHigh SchoolDecidedIncrediblesPursue Author:Pawel Szajda
“I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wouldn't have had the confidence with my music to really make it a part of my schedule. I would easily push it to the side, or I would easily take up time that was needed for it. I'm not that way anymore. Now, I really want to make everything work. I want to continue to do both at the highest level that I can.” WayWantHas BeensI CanPastSidesLevelsActingNeededHighestDecidedFavorsConsistentSchedules Author:Keke Palmer
“I decided I needed something that I could feel as passionate about as acting, and something in which I could completely lose myself. I started painting, and I'm still doing it.” FeelsStillsLosesActingPaintingNeededDecidedPassionate Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of the reasons why I decided to continue on with the acting was the opera world is fraught with a very long process, and I did love the acting, as well. The acting took off sooner, and then you get involved with that.” WorldWellsLongReasonSchoolWinningProcessActingInvolvedSingingHigh SchoolDecidedReason WhyAwardsOperaGet InvolvedWinning Awards Author:Robert Davi
“I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.” ThinkingLittlesWantedSchoolActingSawsCollegeMomSummerMy FamilyDecidedMy MomBoardsGovernorsHobbiesSingle Mom Author:Zachary Quinto
“What I think has been wonderful about my life is that it has been diverse, and that I've been able to do so many different things. I was able to evolve from modeling into acting. And then when acting opportunities became limited because of my age, I was able to become a writer and director and author. So, I am grateful to myself that I didn't just sit around and become nostalgic about the past that has been and can't come back, but that I instead decided to move on.” ThinkingHas BeensDifferentAgeAblePastMovingLife IsOpportunityActingWonderfulDirectorsDecidedGratefulEvolveDifferent ThingsDiverseModelingNostalgicI Am Grateful Author:Isabella Rossellini
“I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsBigsActingClassBoysBreakTelevisionCollegeCoupleShotsDecidedAgentsSitcomNbcActing Classes Author:Christopher Meloni
“I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon after, I read the script for 'Lovely and Amazing.' The story was beautiful and honest, and the characters struggled with the same insecurities many women - including me - face. I didn't think I had a chance in hell of being in the film, but I knew I had to go for it.” ThinkingGivingTryingCharacterStoriesBeautifulFilmFacesChanceActingHellHonestSeriousDecidedIncludingScriptsCommittedLovelyInsecurity Author:Emily Mortimer
“Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.” FirstsI CanChoicesTermActingDecidedDown AndProfessionBeing The BestBuckles Author:Mickey Rourke
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” IfsInspirationalInspirationMotivationalRunningActionMovingWalksInspiringActingSuccessfulInspirational LifeKingsWalkingCommitmentDeterminationDecidedEntrepreneurPerseveranceFlyingMoving ForwardCivil RightsPersistenceMoving OnHard TimesKeep GoingBlack PeopleDedicationSuccessful PeopleBusiness SuccessPersistWillpowerNot Giving UpKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardInfluentialLoving LifeBeing StrongSuccessful BusinessWords Of EncouragementCrawlingFamous InspirationalInspirational SuccessSuccessful EntrepreneursDetermination MotivationalBusiness WorldKeep RunningGiving Up Is Not An OptionHappy New Year InspirationalMoving Forward In LifeGreat PerseveranceHaving StrengthEntrepreneur MotivationalI Can Do ThisBusiness InspirationJust Keep MovingKings And LoveGood KingsInspirational Moving OnKeep You MotivatedJust Keep Moving ForwardJust Keep Moving OnInspirational Moving ForwardPower StrengthSuper MotivationalWalking ForwardPurpose Of Business Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest, pressing her palm flat against his rapidly thumping pulse. "I'm obligated by my heart. It's decided you're essential to my existence, you see. And it's threatening to go out on labor strike if I don't make you mine this very day. So yes. I am here on bended knee, acting from a deep, undeniable sense of obligation. I am, quite simply, yours." He swallowed hard. "If you'll have me.” IfsWantFeelsWellsHeartHardHandsActingExistenceMinesMy HeartEssentialsLaborDecidedSorryStrikesObligationKneesFlatsChestsWant MeI'm SorryThreateningPalmsPulseLilies Author:Tessa Dare
“I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.” WayWantUseActorsActingDecidedCraftsSomedayGreat Actors Author:Al Pacino
“I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that. I have other fears - doing bad work knowingly is the worst fear.” IfsWantedActingFailingWorstDecidedLimitationWorst FearShylock Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.” RunningAgeWishActingCareersInvolvedDecidedDoctorsAthletePatternsFirm Author:Roger Bannister
“It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.” PeopleMovingMotivationActorsActingCareersDecidedI RealizedPursue Author:Cate Blanchett
“They [Barnes Theatre Club] were a very good group, and for some reason when I finished the backstage thing, I just decided to that I should try to act. So I auditioned for Guys and Dolls and got a little tiny part as some Cuban dancer or something and then in the next play I got the lead part, and then I got my agent. So I owe everything to that little club.” ShouldTryingLittlesReasonPlayGuyNextActingCareersGroupsDecidedVery GoodClubsFinishedTheatreTinyAgentsDancerDollsCubanNext Play Author:Robert Pattinson