Amyra Dastur Quotes

I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we would try it out for a couple weeks and come to L.A. from Sacramento.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

I started acting, when I was 15, in commercials and guest roles. I was definitely a working actor, so I was thankful for that. But I never had to work at a store, although I would have liked to.

There are many things I want to do, so many people I want to work with, so many different opportunities out there as an actor.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

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.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

The first thing I say when someone says they want to be an actor is, 'Go get 'Backstage.'' You know what's going on, you know who's doing what, and there's work that you can find in there. It's an incredible resource, and there's nothing else like it.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.

I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.

I've always wanted to be an actor, but I didn't know how to become one.

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.