“My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.” MadeFatherLevelsMagicPaintingTrainingDancingTheatreBallroomBallroom DancingCommandos Author:Baz Luhrmann
“First and foremost, I'd say my father, Bert Lahr ... gave me a love of theatre--its kinetic and emotional potential and its raffish backstage fun--and also set an artistic example of the importance of corrupting an audience with pleasure.” FirstsFatherFunPleasureAudienceExampleEmotionalImportanceTheatreArtistic Author:John Lahr
“My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.” FatherActingMusicalTheatreSingersRealisedBaroqueOlder SisterMusical TheatreBaroque Music Author:Antonia Thomas
“I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was an undertakers assistant, then a plasterer, before doing my military service in the RAF. All the while, I was doing amateur dramatics and dreaming of getting a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.” DreamSchoolFatherSupportMilitaryMinesMy FamilyTheatreInjuredScholarshipAssistantsUndertakerMilitary ServiceBristolRaf Author:Brian Blessed