I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress. Mickey Sumner More Quotes by Mickey Sumner More Quotes From Mickey Sumner I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. I think that's a part of growing up. Mickey Sumner growing-up hurt thinking I feel like a lot of people are very career-driven and there's pressure to be successful. You put off relationships. You put off those intimate relationships because you're just work-driven. It's a very sweet term, undateable. Mickey Sumner successful intimate-relationships sweet I think the whole concept of dating is deeply flawed, so maybe it's a good thing to be undateable. There's a difference between being unlovable and undateable. Mickey Sumner dating differences thinking I want to keep acting and I want to keep working with high quality artists. I might be a bit spoiled because they're so good at what they do. I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you. Mickey Sumner artist people thinking On student films, everyone is pitching in to do everything, and I never felt like I was a part of a group before I started acting. I always felt like I had friends in this group and I had friends in that group, but I never felt like I had my group. Mickey Sumner pitching groups acting I think making movies and being in theater and TV, there's this beautiful little family. It's so intense that you form these little families, and that's what I loved. Mickey Sumner littles beautiful thinking I was really shy when I was a child, very self-conscious about taking up space or being an attention seeker. I was the kind of kid who was really good at homework. Mickey Sumner good child space attention In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor. Mickey Sumner actor beginning admit embarrassed It's so rare that you see a movie that you are genuinely moved by on a real level, and you relate to it, and you come out feeling uplifted. Mickey Sumner feeling see you real I'm English, and my favorite movie is 'Manhattan.' Mickey Sumner favorite english manhattan movie I sometimes listen to music to get into some place that I need to get. I don't think it's because I have a musician as a father that I do this - most actors do. Mickey Sumner think music sometimes father I have a really supportive family, which is really wonderful, but I'm not forcing everyone to watch my work every week. Mickey Sumner everyone week family work I had wanted to act since I was a kid, but I had a lot of shame attached to it. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't think it was ever a possibility. Mickey Sumner kid tell think shame I had to pinch myself a couple of times that I was actually on stage at the Atlantic with Carol Kane. Mickey Sumner pinch had myself stage I love being on stage. There's nothing better than that feeling; ever since the first time I was on stage, I was like, 'Oh, this is what it means to be fully alive and satisfied.' I don't think anything's as satisfying as a play. Mickey Sumner feeling think time love
