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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
Ed Speleers
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My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.
Gary Locke
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And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.
Katey Sagal
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I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.
Jesse Metcalfe
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I think, from every actor I've ever spoken to, they say the biggest thing they regret from life is not finishing school.
Tom Holland
Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to get married. I think because of the way I was brought up and seeing my parents in love.
Robby Benson
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar
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They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.


Vincent Cassel
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My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself.
Teri Hatcher
There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.
Rupert Graves
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I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once that I wanted to be a vet because one of the teachers asked me and saying you want to be an actor sounds a little bit silly. And I do still feel a bit silly saying it. You feel a bit fraudulent.
Sophie Thompson
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I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.
Arnold Palmer
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I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.
Skylar Astin
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I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that.
Kenneth Edmonds
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I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty much the same as in the States; you're actually hired to put on terrible teeth and stuff like that.
Burn Gorman
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A lot of actors won't do things because they say it is boring when you are always working. A lot of them won't go on tour, a lot won't do pantomime. I think you should do everything.
Victor Spinetti
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People feel that I became an actor because I am from a film family and that my parents were actors. But actually, the only reason I wanted to become an actor was to get away from studies.
Ranbir Kapoor
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I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels.


Jussie Smollett
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It's always fun to play someone like an action hero that you always wanted to play as a child. I think every young boy loves that as a kid.
Cole Hauser
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I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.


Jared Harris
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