The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.
I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is a something in me, with a risk of sounding cliche, that I just had to do it. I knew from an early age that acting was my path.
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.
I realized early on I was not an actor. And it was a great thing to have that realization. To see actors and see what that talent is... it wasn't me.
In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor.
I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is silly,' and became an actor. I certainly never thought I'd wind up in motion pictures. That was far beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of.
I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.