I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.
I didn't have any desire to be an actor until right before I did it.
I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.
I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.
I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
I was a failed actor, but for 25 years, I got to go on stage anyway, and I loved it. I've still got the day job, and the travel bug.
The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.
I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.