Mickey Sumner Quotes & Sayings

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. — Mickey Sumner

In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor. — Mickey Sumner

I'm English, and my favorite movie is 'Manhattan.' — Mickey Sumner

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

I had to pinch myself a couple of times that I was actually on stage at the Atlantic with Carol Kane. — Mickey Sumner

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

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

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

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you. — Mickey Sumner

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

I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress. — Mickey Sumner

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

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

I have a really supportive family, which is really wonderful, but I'm not forcing everyone to watch my work every week. — Mickey Sumner

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

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