David Cassidy Quotes

I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy.

It's a great life being an actor, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public.

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

None of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.

I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought I'd play one in a movie! I started doing theater in middle school and tested for 'Victorious' before being in an episode of 'iCarly.'

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

Show business is my life.

'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.

I feel like starring in a TV show is such a fun thing.

I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.

I've been famous for years through my entertainment programs, through my show business activities and my business.

One line on a Tom Selleck sitcom does not a career make.

I didn't really care about the entertainment industry. That wasn't my life.

My career is weird because it's not like I'm a Liev Schreiber or a Philip Seymour Hoffman, incredibly well-respected theater actors who dabble in TV or film.

The camera, I hate it. That's something I need to endure while working as an actor. In the end, because of fame, Gong Yoo exists. It's the driving force that keeps me going.

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.