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Between 18 and 26 I acted professionally, on the stage and a little bit on television. Acting is okay, but it's quite pressurized. Then I went to England - I wanted to reinvent myself.

— Jane Campion

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I started acting professionally at age 19.

— Bruce Boxleitner

I was 18 when I got my first acting job.

— Jaime Winstone

I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that.

— Catherine Bell

I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19.

— Nick Mancuso

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

— April Pearson

I've been acting since I was six years old, but not professionally.

— Jacqueline Emerson

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

— David Duchovny

Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to the theater with my parents in the north of England, where I was born and brought up... Theater of all sorts.

— Ian Mckellen

I've been acting since I was six. I actually played a boy when I was six in 'Tommy.' I played Tommy and they put a wig on me. They put up my hair and put this little boy wig on me and that was my first acting experience. Then I did some other professional theater. I did Shakespeare when I was older.

— JoJo

✗Opposing Perspectives

I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

— Katey Sagal