Robert Redford Quotes

I didn't pursue acting as a career until I got my first job. I didn't think I could make a living at it. You hear such horror stories about how hard it is to get work as an actor. It is hard, but I decided to roll with it.

Acting has always been a strong force in my life, but it was hard to change direction. I didn't make a paycheck for two years.

For me, I was a musician long before I was an actor.

It was the reason why I became an actor - to tell new stories - and I stick to that, which is how I found 'Ghazi.'

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

After doing modeling and films, I was always keen on doing TV. It was in my to-do-list. So when 'Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi' happened, I was more than happy.

I fight for whatever I believe in! I've learned to trust myself. I went from a being a rapper to an artist.

I consider myself a writer. I always wanted to act, and as a teen, I studied acting devotedly. Eventually, I got writing work, but very little acting work.

I know these are my mandatory overs, but I would like to do films for as long as I breathe.

I always wanted to be an actor, and then modelling came first. But I don't want to diminish the fact that I always wanted, and had the passion, to be an actor.

I stumbled into acting because a friend persuaded me to leave my 9 to 5 job and get into acting.

I have a lot to show as an actor, and I will take my own sweet time for that.

Although I started off as a child artist, I left acting in between, as I felt that I was missing the fun of school days. But a little later, I became keen on acting again and started going for auditions.

Whenever I think I'm going to do two films a year, I get another wonderful story, like 'Stree', and I'm like, 'Wow!'

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

I was a documentary film-maker for 26 years before I became a full time actor.

I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist.

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.

I always knew I was going to do something with music, but with my whole family being in the business, acting was something that was just mine. But when I was 20 or 21, I started writing songs and felt the itch to make a record.

I was having a dilemma whether I wanted to return to acting at all because I was coming from this sort of agency-less childhood career, and I'd never made the choice to go into acting.

I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act.

When I first started out, all I thought about was my own acting.

I had taken a bit of a sabbatical because I was producing and directing films. But acting has always been my passion and it is something that I will continue to do.

One of the things that motion capture and/or voice acting does is allow you to continue your career, change it, or bring a new aspect to it.

I did a guest episode of 'Royal Pains,' and then right after that, 'Supergirl' happened, and I was like, 'How did I get here?' Every day, I walk on set, and I'm waiting for someone to be like, 'Ma'am, you can't be here.'