The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother, drama teacher twisted me into doing this TV thing that I thought my mates were doing, too.
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Related teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were ve... NAVEEN ANDREWS I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into th... BEBE REXHA My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My F... DAVID KRUMHOLTZ My dad is an art director for BBC TV shows, and my mum does screen printing workshops. Both of my pa... KING KRULE My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very you... AARON DIEHL When I was born, my parents and my mother's parents planted a dogwood tree in the side yard of t... JOHN UPDIKE My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's h... NANDAN NILEKANI [The paper] has twisted this story into a scandalous report about my personal life. TERI HATCHER I'd love to claim that what I have done in my life is of my doing, but it's not of my doing ... JOHN HURT I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they wer... DAVID TENNANT Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew ... EVANDER HOLYFIELD I never had that wicked stepmother or evil stepfather thing at all. I'm very close to both step-... MARK RONSON And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them... STEPHEN CHBOSKY My parents are doctors, both my sisters are doctors, so I figured I'd just be a doctor too. Some... BEN SILBERMANN My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school. WENDI DENG MURDOCH My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and w... KAREN BASS My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at ... BOBBY KNIGHT People that know me know I'm very good about doing my own thing and minding my own business. JILLIAN MICHAELS I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm... ADAM SANDLER The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's goin... DANNY HUSTON When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into m... FELICITY JONES I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I st... MANDY MOORE My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age. ISAAC HANSON One of the greatest things that Apple and Jobs were very good at doing was daring to do the very dif... NATHAN MYHRVOLD Even after doing that TV thing, 'Roswell,' I'm still waiting to see my first UFO. KYLE MACLACHLAN My mom and grandmother were actresses, and I knew I was going to do this since I was super young. I ... ZOE KRAVITZ I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And... STEPHEN DUNN Three out of four people I know my age are either doing this or they're thinking about it. EVEGELIO BALAN Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn'... NATASHA LITTLE My passion for service came from my parents, and my community involvement began at a very young age,... JAMES COSTOS My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over ... BEN STEIN The first seven years of my life, me, my mom and dad and my four older siblings lived in a suburb of... ERIK HASSLE Canada has been phenomenal to myself, my brother, my sister, their kids, my parents. They came there... MILOS RAONIC Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and wha... KASKADE Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a docto... SAINA NEHWAL My dad did show me interesting movies at a young age. I remember he showed me 'A Clockwork Orang... JONATHAN KRISEL I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and som... CINDY SHERMAN I first went into social services, and when I did my Ph.D. I looked at intellectual diversity rights... CARY FOWLER I've always loved to learn. I've always enjoyed school, and it might have gotten me into trouble wit... BEN CLABO My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and... TOBY STEPHENS I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young... MARIO ANDRETTI My mom has this thing where if I'm doing anything doing dirty or crazy, she sniffs it out and ye... ROB HUEBEL You can't really go into TV thinking, 'Maybe I can make a few bucks doing this thing I'm... LYNN COADY I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I... BRYSON TILLER I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing... JEREMY IRVINE My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did m... DONALD TRUMP I thought it was my idea, but it wasn't. There were already people doing this as a living. CHRISTINE TAYLOR I read this script and it struck a chord with me, and I thought, why does this story affect me so mu... CURTIS HANSON The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age... FRITZ WEAVER I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by... KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes o... PATRICIA POLACCO I've been doing this for too long to watch it slide out of my hands like that. CLAYTON LEROY The thing was, at a young age, my mom and my grandma always tried to keep me out of the streets as m... BIG SEAN One day, I was at my grandmother's house, and I found diaries that she kept as a young girl. I o... LAURA AMY SCHLITZ My love for cooking began when I was young. Because my parents were in the army, they were both real... TIA MOWRY I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake. BETHENNY FRANKEL Music is one of the noblest callings I can think of. It's the highest of all the art forms to me... HUGH LAURIE My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young t... AARON SORKIN We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war,... STEPHEN HAWKING My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded th... KIRSTEN DUNST I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like '... MILES TELLER When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing so... DAN BYRD My grandfather died in 1952. I never did meet him, but I did meet my grandmother and my aunts, who l... TRUDI RENWICK It's very difficult for me to look at politics with clear eyes. I'll read a story in the pap... SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decisi... HELEN MCCRORY Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, bu... AMY TAN Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tap... MADI DIAZ All my tattoos except my first were not planned. I would just go into the shop late at night with fr... HAILEY BALDWIN My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the sch... SAM ABELL Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but... FRANK PERETTI My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremel... PAUL NURSE I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film ... JAMES BROLIN I'm often asked where my nickname 'Kun' comes from. My parents says it was a Japanese ca... SERGIO AGUERO The TV games are our latest success story. We've secured shelf space for this product in over 200 re... JACK FRIEDMAN My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmot... CLARE BOWEN I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room o... ADAM DRIVER I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. ... NAOMI WATTS My grandmother, Nina Eaton, founded United Cerebral Palsy. At the time that my father was born with ... MEREDITH EATON I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very c... JOHN WATERS Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different.... CAROL LEIFER I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I'v... BEAR GRYLLS I did my first professional play at 11, and there was really nothing else I ever dreamed of doing. I... 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GARY BURGHOFF Before this DJ thing, I was hopelessly taking things apart to try to figure out how they worked. I... GRANDMASTER FLASH I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always kn... ALEX WINSTON I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become... MURRAY WALKER Cassie?” It’s Sammy, holding on to Ben, because he’s feeling the Ben thing a little more ... RICK YANCEY My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're bot... DAVID SCHWIMMER For me, the interesting thing about anorexia is that you show your wound. There's no hiding it. ... MARTI NOXON My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My paren... RUSSELL WESTBROOK Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma'... KRIS CARR
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