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Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.


Aaliyah

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ASHLEY CLARK It took me a few years to realize I might want to get into acting as a profession.
BILL FAGERBAKKE When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, no...
EDDY ARNOLD As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
CARLY SIMON I took my time and coach told me to take my time and see what I have, make the move when I'm around ...
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JAMIE ANNE ALLMAN Shit, if I took time out to have an opinion about everything, I wouldn't get any work done.
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RICKY SCHRODER It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptabl...
CARLY SIMON When I was trying to get into acting, to have been a model was about as low as you could get in the ...
JOANNA LUMLEY I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.
NAFISA JOSEPH I'd be a pretty lousy coach if my team didn't get any better, wouldn't I? It just took time.
AL VISCONTI I stuck it out as long as I could. I just came to a point where it took me four seconds to drop back...
JASON WHITE I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - ...
CHRISTINE LAKIN I didn't even have an interview. I was lucky in that regard to be able to start my career as a head ...
BOB MATTINGLY I trained as a singer before I was an actor. I was a kid singer, I went to theater and choir school,...
JULIAN OVENDEN I was just getting after it, I guess. Coach told me to get fired up in the huddle. I came out and ju...
JASON COCKRELL I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There&...
ISABEL LUCAS In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seeme...
EBON MOSS-BACHRACH I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It...
ZOE MCLELLAN I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
VICTORIA PRATT The Thursday before I came back to Fork Union [I committed]. We took an unofficial visit this summer...
BRANDON CALEB I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane.
MISSY ELLIOTT I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent.
MARIA GRAZIA CUCINOTTA I only know acting. But had I learnt singing earlier, I would have become a singer.
JUHI CHAWLA There came a point sometime during high school when I started thinking about exploring acting as a c...
ROBERTO AGUIRE I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.
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CHARLIE VILLANUEVA I think (head coach Bill) Cowher does a good job of telling everybody, 'I don't care where you came ...
DAN KREIDER I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my...
LISA KUDROW I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing somet...
DANICA MCKELLAR I love Aaliyah, I love Brandy, I love Monica.
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HAZEL GOURLEY I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me i...
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LUIS RODRIGUEZ I just didn't press. Every time I got out, Coach Horton stayed positive with me. I came up that last...
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AJAY MEHTA I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I rea...
DANNII MINOGUE I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I lande...
CHAZZ PALMINTERI I was a director and dialogue and acting coach.
ADRIANA BARRAZA I think I'm most excited about traveling and shooting and spending time in L.A. I have a great t...
CHARLOTTE MCKINNEY After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's uni...
ELIZA DUSHKU A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappea...
VAN MORRISON I think that live shows are more important for singers than composers, because composers still get a...
ARMAAN MALIK What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an act...
STEVE MARTIN Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth...
IAN MCKELLEN For starters, I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music busines...
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DANICA MCKELLAR I can only be me. I have a hard time being a chameleon as a singer.
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GERARD BUTLER I came in after the seventh and coach asked me if I wanted to finish. And of course I said yes becau...
DAN DELUCIA I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy i...
RACHEL TUCKER I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC bec...
ERYKAH BADU I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.
HEATH LEDGER I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.
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GREG BOLLING A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.
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SCOTT PODSEDNIK We play for field position, maybe because of my nature as a defensive coach first. I think a defensi...
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KATIE MELUA I just felt like going out there a little more motivated to get the win. It was a little extra for m...
ANTONIO MCDYESS I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a te...
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SHERYL SANDBERG It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing...
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IRWIN THOMAS I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a...
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RICK RUBIN Sometimes as a coach, you get a gut feeling. I really never felt like we were out of things.
ED DECHELLIS I came out around 25 publicly.
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RAY NEIDL It was a great time. This format, you have to get a good start. I came out ready to play.
JEFF MORRISON I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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