Clive Standen Quotes

I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre.

I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.

I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then there was this moment on set when I realized I was having a lot of fun, and I really wanted to do this forever. I want to do different stuff, but I want it all to be just as good as this film. I want to be consistent.

I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

I started improvisation at age nine, and I loved it so much I stuck with it. As a by-product, acting was just something I was lucky enough to fall into.

I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

I did not become an actor to earn money - that I could have done it in my village by becoming a farmer. I wanted to show my craft, which I am so passionate about.

Then, at age 20, I discovered theater sort of by accident. Quite quickly, theater became more important to me than music. I began to realize that maybe my talents as a musician were quite limited, or had a ceiling to them, whereas acting seemed to sort of stretch before me. I got very passionate about it very quickly.

I do love acting. It's my second love and I would love to do more.

Acting is everything to me; it's what I've always wanted to do. I may never have this chance to do what I'm doing right now. So I guess right now I'm going to do as much as I can with it.

From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.

Music is definitely something that I'd like to pursue. It's probably, I mean, the acting and music are the two biggest things in my life.

I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

I've had plenty of crappy jobs, but the only job I've ever really dedicated myself to has been acting. It's my life.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.