“I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.” ArtistGrowing UpGrowingExampleTheater Author:Brit Marling
“I know I always had a lot of energy growing up and I had to put it somewhere. Theater allowed me to really feel things, to laugh, to cry, to explode outward. I could do anything and it was totally accepted and appreciated. If I hadn't gone into the theater, I probably would have been a psychotic killer.” IfsKnowsFeelsHas BeensEnergyLaughingGoneGrowing UpGrowingCryTheaterAcceptedKillersAppreciatedPsychotic Author:Faith Prince
“With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community where the brass ring is working, wherever that is, and then to play a character where he's not really concerned with that and is really just concerned with the monetary aspect of the job, and then to be identified with someone who is the antithesis of your energy and where you come from, has been a very interesting and surreal ride.” Has BeensPlayCharacterJobsEnergyCommunityInterestingGrowing UpGrowingConcernedAspectTheaterRingsSupportiveVery InterestingSurrealMonetaryBrassAntithesisWhere You ComeTheater Family Author:Jeremy Piven
“I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.” ThinkingWantedGuyGrowing UpGrowingTheaterAls Author:Charlie Day
“I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but it wasn't something I admitted to myself that I wanted to do, I guess.” WantedDesireActingSecretGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionTheaterMusicalActressesEnjoyedMusical TheaterSecret Desire Author:Amanda Schull
“Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.” ChildrenActorsGrowing UpPathGrowingInvolvedTheaterSingers Author:Victor Garber
“I've sung my whole life. I did a lot of musical theater growing up, I sing in the shower, sing in the car, sing everywhere really, on set at Chuck, all the time. I like it, and I've always felt like I've had a knack for it, or a talent for it, on some level, I don't know.” KnowsWholeFeltLevelsGrowing UpGrowingTalentCarTheaterMusicalWhole LifeShowersChuckKnackMusical Theater Author:Zachary Levi
“I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already.” KnowsWantI CanFeltKnow HowGrowing UpSawsGrowingTelevisionFameTheaterAssumingExceptionalHalfwayMagnet Author:Brian d'Arcy James
“I didn't really know much about the Houdinis when I started. As soon as they sent me the script, I wanted to find out everything I could about Bess. Luckily, I have a really wonderful friend named Michael Mitnick, who's a writer. He was a magician as a child, and that led him to the theater, which led to drama school, and he writes films now. Magic was really his thing, growing up, so he put me in touch with his magic teacher who is a real Houdini expert.” KnowsWritingChildrenRealWantedSchoolFilmGrowing UpTeacherGrowingWonderfulMagicDramaTheaterScriptsExpertsMagicianWonderful FriendsHoudini Author:Kristen Connolly
“In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.” PeopleWantTryingStoriesTurnsGrowsWatchesGrowing UpMarkTheaterCompelledTurn-onMovie Theater Author:Jon M. Chu
“I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last 100 years, but I really wanted, for my first step forward, to choose material that has inspired me and got me into the world of musical theater.” WorldYearsFirstsWantedLastsSongStepsGrowing UpFocusGrowingMaterialsTheaterInspiredMusicalFirst StepsSteps ForwardMusical Theater Author:Josh Groban
“My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.” NeedsFeelsFirstsPlayForceRoomsActingGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkTheaterAssRehearsal Author:Paul Dano
“Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.” MeanGrowsGrowing UpComedyTraditionTheaterEgyptianOld Traditions Author:Bassem Youssef
“Oh gosh, well, you know, growing up in the '70s being a young boy there, you know, there were still exploitation movies, where, you know, were, you know, still opened up every week and, you know, played - sometimes they would play it at the local, you know, mall theater.” KnowsWellsStillsSometimesPlayYoungBoysGrowing UpGrowingWeekTheaterLocalsExploitationMalls Author:Quentin Tarantino
“When I was growing up, all the films about teenagers were played by Tony Curtis or John Cassavetes when they were 27, 28 years old. We would see these teenage movies in the theaters and I would say, "They don't look like they're my age at all." So I wanted to make a movie that was real and I wanted to make a movie that wasn't about me.” YearsLooksRealAgeWantedFilmGrowing UpGrowingTheaterTeenagerTeenage Author:Larry Clark
“I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art, and computer science; things that I would have never had the opportunity to even meet had it not been for those people taking time out of their schedules, helping us as children to travel all over the world while sitting in a gymnasium. That's what I did before I was a musician, before I was a recording artist, I was a teacher and a community leader.” PeopleWorldChildrenArtHelpingArtistOpportunityGrowsCommunityLeaderGrowing UpTeacherComputerMusicianSittingTheaterExposedTake TimeSchedulesComputer ScienceGymnasiumsCommunity Centers Author:Erykah Badu
“I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.” PeopleRememberMotherBlackGrowing UpGrowingColorGrewGrew UpHatredSkinsTheaterDrinkingSillyAfrican AmericanSatBlack PeopleFountainHoustonBalconiesHousekeepers Author:Dennis Quaid
“I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'” Growing UpGrowingCollegeTheaterMusicalChicago Author:Sarah Shahi
“I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.” WantedRememberGrowing UpKnowingGrowingStageTheaterLondon Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!” YearsBelieveReasonRememberI BelieveExistenceGrowing UpGrowingEventsDrinkBedTheaterTablesHeyQueensShirtsTiesEmsNo ReasonPunkCouchesMovie Theater Author:James Caan
“When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.” HeartGuyGirlWishGrowing UpGrowingTheaterBroke Author:Diego Luna