“I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.” ChildrenAgeWantedYoungActorsParentActingCareersPathFieldsMinesUnderstoodIndianSupportiveYoung Age Author:Archie Panjabi
“I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.” TwoMotherThreeActorsParentBrotherDoctorsThirdsChosenOlder BrotherChosen One Author:Bill Skarsgard
“If my parents were alive, they'd giggle "John was an actor since day one!".” IfsActorsParentAliveGiggle Author:John Kapelos
“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
“I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, Someone is pretending to do that? Thats so awesome! After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.” MindFactsRememberActorsLeftParentFeetConceptsPretendingDiscussingOf My MindDaniel Day Lewis Author:Dominique McElligott
“I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I also wanted to play guitar. I mentioned to my parents that I wanted an electric guitar for Christmas. They got me one! I sat there all Christmas morning making a lot of loud horrible noise.” MindDifferentPlayWantedActorsParentMorningGuitarHorribleNoiseLoudSatDifferent ThingsElectricAstronautElectric GuitarChristmas Morning Author:Joan Jett
“I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that.” LittlesWantedYoungActorsStuffParentActingHeardLet MeNineYoung ActorsBad Stuff Author:Josh Hutcherson
“When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.” ActorsParent Author:Alec Baldwin
“My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.” ThinkingWantActorsParentRejectionWant Me Author:Rupert Penry-Jones
“Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.” ThinkingNeedsHumansImportantActorsSocialParentHuman BeingsActingSchooledSocial Service Author:Tyne Daly
“Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.” ThinkingLooksActorsParentRaisedScriptsStoryteller Author:Jake Gyllenhaal