“I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.” WayFatherLossShareHugeDadDirectorsAreasMy DadMumHis Loss Author:Natasha Richardson
“My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.” ThinkingMomBecomingDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomActressesProducersDancer Author:Sanaa Lathan
“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
“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
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I thought, 'Well, if I couldn't make it...' So, I gave it to him and he got the money, the director and the cast. The biggest disappointment for me, I always wanted to play McMurphy. They got a young actor, Jack Nicholson. I thought, 'Oh God. He will be terrible.' Then I saw the picture and, of course, he was great in it! That was my biggest disappointment that turned out to be one of the things I'm most proud of because my son Michael did it. I couldn't do it, but Michael did it.” IfsTryingWellsSaidPlayWantedYoungCoursesActorsSawsStreetsSonTvsProudDadTerribleDirectorsLet MeSeriesLeavingCastsDisappointmentMy SonSan FranciscoTv SeriesYoung ActorsNicholsonMcmurphy Author:Kirk Douglas
“I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me like a person rather than a baby, and I was around so many actors and directors from such a young age because my dad is an actor. I was more comfortable with adults rather than actually being an adult child.” WayChildrenPersonsAgeYoungActorsParentTalkingBabyDadDirectorsComfortableAdultsMy DadVery GoodMatureYoung AgeAdult Children Author:Saoirse Ronan
“David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would do Madonna videos years before, and his child and my oldest child were in preschool together, so we're kind of dad-friends through that, too.” YearsKindChildrenTogetherArtistWifeDadDirectorsMy WifeVideoMakeupPreschoolMakeup ArtistOldest Child Author:Anthony Edwards