Asa Butterfield Quotes

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

I don't know if I will be acting all my life, honestly.

I have an ocean of opportunities awaiting me and once I am back from Miss World, I want to explore whatever life has to offer.

It's the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn't mean I regret whatever choices I've made over the years. No, not even 'Kaiyethum Doorathu!'

After Class 10, I kept away from films.

One day, I just hit a point where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life, with my career?' I have all of these little things going on, but what am I going to really do? And for me, I saw longevity in acting.

I was fortunate to work with the biggest names of the industry; I would like to continue this journey of discovering myself as an actor and keep experimenting.

My career direction has probably been guided as much by curiosity and my personality as by my early influences.

I don't think I would have made for a good doctor. It was not meant to be, and it took me a long time to realize that.

I took a long time after 'Curious' to find something I really wanted to do.

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

Lot of people know very early what they want, but I didn't know I wanted acting.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

I don't think one should ever come to my stage of life and have to look back and say, Gosh. I wish I hadn't spent all those years doing that job I was never really interested in.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn't know what to do. But kids weren't supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we'd find out what we'd do later in life.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.

I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.