If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the past, my aspirations were as arty as they could get, and I'm really embarrassed by it.
I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
I told everybody that I was going to be an actress in Hollywood one day. People looked at me like I was crazy.
I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment, so they're just happy I'm in work!
When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon.
I don't want to be obnoxious with my ambition or sound like I expect any sort of entitlement here. Hollywood is not in the business of humoring people.
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about.
I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'
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