Amanda Bynes Quotes

When I saw my first movie, I was fine, but I thought, "Oh, my heavens. It's not about just standing there on my mark and saying these lines. I need to actually act."

I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often.

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

You know Marques Houston, you know I'm a dancer, I'm a singer, but I wouldn't want to do a movie that I'm a dancer and a singer in. I want to do movies that people can take me more seriously in as an actor, because when you're making that transition, it is tough.

I really only started doing film in '97. I mean, before then, I just pretty much did theater.

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

I came from a theater background and always wanted to act.

I was never an ingenue, thank God; always character.

I love acting, and that's my passion. So I would love to do more movies and some serious things

I have played some very kind and loving character. I don't know why I'm so good at playing bad. I really don't.

I like playing an array of different roles. From the fun, comedic roles to the serious roles. It's always fun to play the role that either closely represents your own personality or the role that is completely opposite of yourself.

I feel like I was born an actor. I did not pursue acting until I was a bit older. But I got a taste of it at an earlier age in the UK.

I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy.

I started off in theater; I did exclusively theater for four or five years. In the last few years, television has come along but I can still make film. I feel very privileged that I can move between them.

I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I'll have more butterflies.

I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but that was it.

I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

It was quite strange, because it's quite different from singing, although it's quite natural because you're used to performing or acting on stage.

I discovered I loved acting at a Summer Camp. That's when I really realised that I enjoyed it and that I wanted to try it.

I grew up in music theater playing to the audience - singing and dancing and showing off. That's really my background. But the camera's different. I think I'm more at home on stage.

I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater.