Ben Miller Quotes

Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.

I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

My best work happened on the stage.

I grew up learning ballet, and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

I do work on stage as an actor. I do films as well. Television, I haven't done much.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

I did my first play around four or five. I can't remember the first one, but I did 'Annie' when I was five.

My performing inspiration all started at my performing-arts school back in Atlanta. That was the spark that made me want to perform.

I've always loved acting but never thought I could do theatre because I got the worst stage fright ever.

Dance was something I'd just done at my youth club, and I used to teach dance when I was 14 to 19, 20 years old. I had my own dance group, and then I got more into the acting stuff, and I started doing things for TV. And then I put that on pause, because I really wanted to focus on my real passion, which is music.

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

When I lived in Ojai, I did community theater, and I was intrigued by acting.

I never want to give up the stage.

I have done one or two plays in New York briefly.

I must've been about 7 or 8 when I realized I wanted to perform in some way.

I always wanted to act, but it was not because of the influence of my family. I just wanted to act since I was four! I used to watch a lot of movies. One of the things that attracted me were the songs picturised on 'Govinda' and Karisma Kapoor, who would dance in the middle of the street!

I love acting and the whole idea of being in front of the camera.

I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.

I am looking at acting in a different way now. I always looked at it as equity to build the other things I was doing; now, I consider it a career.