“I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.” ActorsDadDirectorsMy DadDesignerCameraman Author:Joe Wright
“People always want to ask me about my dad. Which I get because he's a phenomenal actor, and that's for the world, that's out there. But my mother is every bit as impressive and as important for the world as my dad is. It's just that she's not an actor.” PeopleWorldWantImportantMotherActorsAsksBitsDadMy DadAsk MeImpressivePhenomenal Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket.” ThinkingTwoDoneRealityJobsActorsTeacherDadBasesMy DadStationsSupermarketsTwo JobsPetrol Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing.” IfsKnowsWantGivingYearsLooksSaidHelpingSchoolJobsGuyActorsParentKnow HowDadFairsMy DadConservativeLovelyGreat ParentsShopkeepers Author:John Kapelos
“After my last divorce, I said I was absolutely going to marry somebody in another field, an aid worker or something. Then I met Brad, everything I wasn't looking for, but the best man, the best father I could possibly wish for, you know? I don't see him as an actor. I see him very much as a dad, as somebody who loves travel and architecture more than being in movies.” KnowsMenSaidLastsActorsFatherWishFieldsDadMetsWorkersDivorceArchitectureAidsBradBest Father Author:Angelina Jolie
“I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.” IdeasSchoolLawActorsSportsHurtCitiesPlayerSonBrokenGrewDadBasketballGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolBaseballRaisedMy DadBonesCoachesNo IdeaTexasCampsRoyalCollarsCardinalsBaseball PlayerKansasBasketball CoachArkansasKansas CityGot HurtTraining Camp Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.” WantChildrenEndsShowsBigsSongGirlActorsMemoriesStageDadTerribleDirectorsSingingWestMy DadFolksShow MeAuditionsDonkeyQueuesChild ActorsFolk SongsWest End Author:Emilia Clarke
“I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.” ActorsDadAvoided Author:Michael Douglas
“I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.” MomentsActorsActingStudyDadMusicianJazzMy DadCompareCourageousI Have LearnedGiftedLive In The MomentJazz MusicQuartetsGood Acting Author:Nat Wolff
“I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.” WorldActorsWorstDadMy DadUncles Author:Laurence Fox
“I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.” KnowsActorsGrowing UpGrowingTypeDadMy DadBuilder Author:Stephen Mangan