First Role Quotes

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

My first major role was in a play called 'Through the Leaves.'

A big moment for me was when I did a play that was a new adaptation of Dostojevskij's 'Crime and Punishment,' and I played Raskolnikov. It was actually the first thing I did when I got out of acting school.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.

My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.'

The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.

My first-ever role was the king in 'The Princess and the Pea.'

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

Being able to work on a film like 'Crazy Rich Asians' as your first role is phenomenal.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent... it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.

I'd only been out for, like, six months before I booked 'Insurgent'. It was my first role in America, and it was a huge movie franchise. All I'd ever hear at the time was how Hollywood treated gay men or queer men, so I was, like, 'Well, I'm not going to shoot myself in the foot before I've even started life here,' you know?

First acting gig was playing a victim in 'America's Most Wanted.' The night the show aired, they caught the killer!

I always loved acting, and that's what I wanted to do. It's funny that my first big role is a role where I'm going into a studio to record my singing.

Just being the first person to bring the character to life is really fun and exciting.

'Home And Away' was my first big break. I was already a fan of the show, so to suddenly be on it was really good.

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

[Betty in Two Evil Eyes]was my very first on-camera role. With Harvey Keitel.

When I first played Othello, a reviewer absolutely slaughtered me.

I played a security guard, and I think it was in the State Department. This was my first acting role, really, and I remember rehearsing it on the couch with my girlfriend at the time. I had a real problem with saying the word "incendiary." Most of my rehearsal was spent on pronouncing the word "incendiary."