Michelle Fairley Quotes

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young.

I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.

When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the deep end. My first big role is in 'Starlet.'

I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again.

I love working in Dublin, but when I'm in London, I'm more focused on my career.

I was an actor in New York, dude.

My middle daughter is with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was on Broadway several years ago.

I just hope to keep doing film and TV and eventually Broadway. It's definitely what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.

I like to perform. I hope I keep on getting good offers.

Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me.

I'm doing The Physicists, which is great, and I do have my agent to thank for that because a lot of agents try and talk you out of doing theatre. They don't push theatre because you can make more money doing television, whereas theatre wages are pretty shocking. But it's something I've always been keen to do and have been encouraged to do so, which is nice.

I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought if I was going to try that, I should shoot for the best, and I auditioned for Julliard.

India has introduced me to my ultimate passion - acting. I don't plan to give it up, and I intend to stay here for a long, long time.

I studied performing arts at college and wanted to act.

I want to go back into acting again.

I wanted to be an actress at a very early age and then decided to become an orthodontist after working in Dr. Richard Boyd's office in high school.

Acting is something that I've always wanted to do and been interested in.

I saved every script I'd ever worked on as an actor.

I moved to London when I was 18 to develop my acting career, but I still love going home to Ireland to recharge my batteries.

I'd love to continue acting. Maybe start a business.