Related
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES It started with modeling. Ever since she was a baby, she would always get stopped. She was a beautif...
MICHELLE TUCKER I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had...
HAILEE STEINFELD![]()
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listen...
TRACY CHAPMAN![]()
When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was im...
EMILIA FOX What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I...
DANA DAVIS![]()
I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopte...
BIG SMO![]()
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three ye...
MOIRA KELLY I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, a...
RAINEY QUALLEY When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she ask...
NEIL JACKSON I thought she was older. She was big for her age. So, I asked her to carry my books.
CHARLES MELLOR At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, ...
LANA PARRILLA She remembers so much and I have tapes of her telling stories about the old days. My family used to ...
CHARLENE JOHNSON I fell into acting by going to a callback for J.C. Penney with my two older brothers when I was 4 1/...
RAYMOND OCHOA![]()
I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When I was 20 years old, my mom flew me for my first Broadway audition for 'The Color Purple,...
TODRICK HALL I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an archite...
PATRICK DUFFY My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I...
ANTONIA THOMAS![]()
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went ...
KIM CATTRALL![]()
When I was eight years old, I asked my mum, 'Mum, can I do two jobs?' And she was like, '...
CHARLIE ROWE My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-scho...
BRITT ROBERTSON![]()
My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music...
RUBY ROSE![]()
My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was...
BILLIE LOURD When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I...
NATASHA CALIS I just made an attempt to take the experiences that Judy shows us in this script and find something ...
ADRIENNE BARBEAU I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It help...
SAKU KOIVU![]()
I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in ...
HALSTON SAGE I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wa...
ZACH GALLIGAN She has always been my role model in gymnastics, and every time at practice when she was doing some ...
HANNAH NOEL I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New Yor...
NIKKI DELOACH My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog wa...
WENDY LIEBMAN I just didn't like the idea of doing reunions, period. I could only see it as I'd just be go...
ERIC AVERY I used to do gymnastics, and when I was (12 years old) my dad just told me to try it one time, and I...
CHANTEL HUBBARD I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open my...
MOISES ARIAS I ask all the kids to give me their schedule and I see as many as possible. I went to see Kristen Wr...
GARY BATTLE![]()
Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great,...
JENNIE FINCH Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I...
CHANDRA WILSON![]()
There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from t...
KATE WINSLET My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do ...
IAIN DE CAESTECKER![]()
I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - ...
CHRISTINE LAKIN Softball is my favorite sports and it means a lot to me. I have been playing it since I was 6 years ...
MALERIE HUBER![]()
Mama operated under the assumption that I was eight years old and incapable of feeding myself. It wa...
MOLLY HARPER![]()
I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia figh...
MICKEY ROURKE I was told by my grandmother?s cousin who was an actress in the ?20s ? she was 86 and I was 4 at the...
XENIA SEEBERG I wanted to be an artist when I was a little kid, but I realized when I got older that being an arti...
DANIEL BRANCHAL I started out doing improvised voices when I started working in a program where I read for kids in s...
STEVEN BLUM![]()
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I li...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER That was a bad situation for me, ... I'm lucky I actually got a chance to wake up and see them and g...
WILLIE PONDER![]()
Best day of my life was January 9, 1997. I was eight years old and my mom and I went to the zoo on a...
JOHN GREEN I get so sad that sad gets to be.
So scared that all my feelings they up and leave me. I got so...
TEGAN QUIN She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the...
DAISY WHITNEY![]()
Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battle...
BARACK OBAMA I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, an...
FIONA GUBELMANN When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I wo...
HOWARD IKEMOTO I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the fi...
SKYLAR GREY For me and for our family, looking at death is its glory, and an opportunity to thank God for this g...
RONNENE HARRIS![]()
I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion t...
CARA DELEVINGNE I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about...
CHARLOTTE ARNOLD I was an enormous fan of Dan Slott's run, and John Byrne's run was a big deal for me. I foun...
CHARLES SOULE To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky...
EDDIE MARSAN When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my...
MACKENZIE ASTIN I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted...
CAMERON MONAGHAN![]()
Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me...
DIANA LOPEZ 'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effec...
AARON JOHNSON![]()
I was crushing on my mentor. Crushing on my older mentor. I had to be out of my mind. He was ...
RICHELLE MEAD But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the...
MARCUS TUBBS![]()
I asked him to say hi to my mom to prove he was there, and he was really great and nice and talked t...
SASHA COHEN![]()
When I was in fact a child, six and seven and eight years old, I was utterly baffled by the enthusia...
JOAN DIDION![]()
When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to au...
JACQUELINE EMERSON One of my brothers, Eric, who is one year older than me, was actually the first one to start boxing,...
MANDY BUJOLD I think I have made a difference. I have meant a lot to my people. I have done well. They are proud ...
CASTER SEMENYA For me, acting's just great fun. A lot more fun than making sculptures, so that's what I wanted to d...
TIM ROTH![]()
I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they go...
JOAQUIN PHOENIX I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have d...
CONNIE ALLEN![]()
My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the '60s. I just remember watch...
EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI![]()
My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a mov...
VANESSA HUDGENS I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never did. S...
DANNY BONADUCE![]()
When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study anima...
NICK PARK I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, bu...
MIGUEL FERRER I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Pa...
TANIT PHOENIX![]()
I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman...
RAUL LABRADOR Believe me what I did came from my heart. She asked me for help and I gave it to her. She wanted her...
JOE SPARICO![]()
My mom has this thing where if I'm doing anything doing dirty or crazy, she sniffs it out and ye...
ROB HUEBEL When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and pl...
LEA SALONGA![]()
I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but...
MARIO TESTINO![]()
My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could c...
BRAD FELD When I got married, it was pretty frustrating for my wife. I would move my legs and kick and turn an...
JACK BARR![]()
I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, i...
JENNA USHKOWITZ![]()
I started doing repertory theatre in upstate New York when I was 15, went back when I was 16, and by...
HOLLY HUNTER When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and ...
ALEXANDER LUDWIG![]()
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach r...
JESSICA LANGE![]()
I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for ...
EDMUND WHITE Then I looked right at Mama, for the first time in what seemed like forever, and she wasn't looking ...
KATHERINE HANNIGAN![]()
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t...
DEBI MAZAR Even as a little girl, my mom never wanted me to watch BET, but when I was at my grandparents' h...
WINNIE HARLOW![]()
I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.
CASEY WILSON![]()
I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I'll never forget that first race. I was nervous and really shaking. Racing is something I always wa...
JUSTIN ROSENBOHM
KELLY JONES It started with modeling. Ever since she was a baby, she would always get stopped. She was a beautif...
MICHELLE TUCKER I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had...
HAILEE STEINFELD
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listen... TRACY CHAPMAN
When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was im... EMILIA FOX What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I...
DANA DAVIS
I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopte... BIG SMO
They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three ye... MOIRA KELLY I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, a...
RAINEY QUALLEY When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she ask...
NEIL JACKSON I thought she was older. She was big for her age. So, I asked her to carry my books.
CHARLES MELLOR At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, ...
LANA PARRILLA She remembers so much and I have tapes of her telling stories about the old days. My family used to ...
CHARLENE JOHNSON I fell into acting by going to a callback for J.C. Penney with my two older brothers when I was 4 1/...
RAYMOND OCHOA
I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When I was 20 years old, my mom flew me for my first Broadway audition for 'The Color Purple,...
TODRICK HALL I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an archite...
PATRICK DUFFY My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I...
ANTONIA THOMAS
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went ... KIM CATTRALL
When I was eight years old, I asked my mum, 'Mum, can I do two jobs?' And she was like, '... CHARLIE ROWE My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-scho...
BRITT ROBERTSON
My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music... RUBY ROSE
My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was... BILLIE LOURD When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I...
NATASHA CALIS I just made an attempt to take the experiences that Judy shows us in this script and find something ...
ADRIENNE BARBEAU I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It help...
SAKU KOIVU
I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in ... HALSTON SAGE I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wa...
ZACH GALLIGAN She has always been my role model in gymnastics, and every time at practice when she was doing some ...
HANNAH NOEL I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New Yor...
NIKKI DELOACH My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog wa...
WENDY LIEBMAN I just didn't like the idea of doing reunions, period. I could only see it as I'd just be go...
ERIC AVERY I used to do gymnastics, and when I was (12 years old) my dad just told me to try it one time, and I...
CHANTEL HUBBARD I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open my...
MOISES ARIAS I ask all the kids to give me their schedule and I see as many as possible. I went to see Kristen Wr...
GARY BATTLE
Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great,... JENNIE FINCH Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I...
CHANDRA WILSON
There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from t... KATE WINSLET My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do ...
IAIN DE CAESTECKER
I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - ... CHRISTINE LAKIN Softball is my favorite sports and it means a lot to me. I have been playing it since I was 6 years ...
MALERIE HUBER
Mama operated under the assumption that I was eight years old and incapable of feeding myself. It wa... MOLLY HARPER
I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia figh... MICKEY ROURKE I was told by my grandmother?s cousin who was an actress in the ?20s ? she was 86 and I was 4 at the...
XENIA SEEBERG I wanted to be an artist when I was a little kid, but I realized when I got older that being an arti...
DANIEL BRANCHAL I started out doing improvised voices when I started working in a program where I read for kids in s...
STEVEN BLUM
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I li... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER That was a bad situation for me, ... I'm lucky I actually got a chance to wake up and see them and g...
WILLIE PONDER
Best day of my life was January 9, 1997. I was eight years old and my mom and I went to the zoo on a... JOHN GREEN I get so sad that sad gets to be.
So scared that all my feelings they up and leave me. I got so...
TEGAN QUIN She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the...
DAISY WHITNEY
Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battle... BARACK OBAMA I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, an...
FIONA GUBELMANN When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I wo...
HOWARD IKEMOTO I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the fi...
SKYLAR GREY For me and for our family, looking at death is its glory, and an opportunity to thank God for this g...
RONNENE HARRIS
I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion t... CARA DELEVINGNE I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about...
CHARLOTTE ARNOLD I was an enormous fan of Dan Slott's run, and John Byrne's run was a big deal for me. I foun...
CHARLES SOULE To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky...
EDDIE MARSAN When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my...
MACKENZIE ASTIN I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted...
CAMERON MONAGHAN
Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me... DIANA LOPEZ 'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effec...
AARON JOHNSON
I was crushing on my mentor. Crushing on my older mentor. I had to be out of my mind. He was ... RICHELLE MEAD But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the...
MARCUS TUBBS
I asked him to say hi to my mom to prove he was there, and he was really great and nice and talked t... SASHA COHEN
When I was in fact a child, six and seven and eight years old, I was utterly baffled by the enthusia... JOAN DIDION
When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to au... JACQUELINE EMERSON One of my brothers, Eric, who is one year older than me, was actually the first one to start boxing,...
MANDY BUJOLD I think I have made a difference. I have meant a lot to my people. I have done well. They are proud ...
CASTER SEMENYA For me, acting's just great fun. A lot more fun than making sculptures, so that's what I wanted to d...
TIM ROTH
I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they go... JOAQUIN PHOENIX I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have d...
CONNIE ALLEN
My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the '60s. I just remember watch... EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI
My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a mov... VANESSA HUDGENS I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never did. S...
DANNY BONADUCE
When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study anima... NICK PARK I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, bu...
MIGUEL FERRER I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Pa...
TANIT PHOENIX
I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman... RAUL LABRADOR Believe me what I did came from my heart. She asked me for help and I gave it to her. She wanted her...
JOE SPARICO
My mom has this thing where if I'm doing anything doing dirty or crazy, she sniffs it out and ye... ROB HUEBEL When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and pl...
LEA SALONGA
I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but... MARIO TESTINO
My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could c... BRAD FELD When I got married, it was pretty frustrating for my wife. I would move my legs and kick and turn an...
JACK BARR
I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, i... JENNA USHKOWITZ
I started doing repertory theatre in upstate New York when I was 15, went back when I was 16, and by... HOLLY HUNTER When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and ...
ALEXANDER LUDWIG
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach r... JESSICA LANGE
I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for ... EDMUND WHITE Then I looked right at Mama, for the first time in what seemed like forever, and she wasn't looking ...
KATHERINE HANNIGAN
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t... DEBI MAZAR Even as a little girl, my mom never wanted me to watch BET, but when I was at my grandparents' h...
WINNIE HARLOW
I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays. CASEY WILSON
I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I'll never forget that first race. I was nervous and really shaking. Racing is something I always wa...
JUSTIN ROSENBOHM
When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too. 