Jacqueline Emerson
Related 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 When I was 20 years old, my mom flew me for my first Broadway audition for 'The Color Purple,... TODRICK HALL HARRY DEAN STANTON I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons... JOHN GOKONGWEI DAVID NICHOLLS When I was six years old, a children's agent moved in next door to us, sent me out on a commerci... EVE PLUMB When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and ... ALEXANDER LUDWIG JOHNNY CASH When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piec... AUDRA MCDONALD SHAILENE WOODLEY I credit my singing to my mom because she didn't give me a binky when I was a baby. I cried and ... AULI'I CRAVALHO When I moved to Los Angeles, I was straight out of grad school, and I didn't have a single credi... DARBY STANCHFIELD TOM HOLLAND MOLLY RINGWALD ALDEN EHRENREICH In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to q... REBECCA LOBO I was living in Evanston, Illinois and I was taking theater classes down the street, and our theater... LECY GORANSON My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best ... KATIE FINNERAN I don't sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic wa... CHARLIE HADEN 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 Before this DJ thing, I was hopelessly taking things apart to try to figure out how they worked. I&#... GRANDMASTER FLASH LAILA ALI When I was 13, my mom checked me into a modeling agency. Then, out of nowhere, they asked me to audi... KJ APA MICKEY ROONEY DANNY STRONG My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and int... MAE WHITMAN DIANNA AGRON WENTWORTH MILLER DAVID SEDARIS I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time ... JHENE AIKO When I would visit my octopus friend, Octavia, at New England aquarium, usually she would look me in... SY MONTGOMERY I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I rem... ELENA ANAYA DAREN KAGASOFF 'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in e... JORDIN SPARKS ALFIE ALLEN I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, ... ISAAC MIZRAHI My grandmother Izzy taught me to balance her checkbook when I was 6 years old. She would sign the ch... MARY CALLAHAN ERDOES I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remembe... ERICH BERGEN When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and... VANESSA LENGIES BILLIE LOURD I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she... MAE WHITMAN DAVID HAREWOOD JOHN HENRIK CLARKE NIVIN PAULY I started singing in my church choir, and then when I got to middle school, I had the coolest musica... SHANICE WILLIAMS My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for ... MAXIM KNIGHT I think my entire career path was determined for me when I was 6 years old, watching reruns of '... PAUL REUBENS My biggest dream and my biggest accomplishment was to be on HBO and 'True Detective.' It was... ADRIA ARJONA BILL MUMY I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wif... JASON ALDEAN PRIYANKA CHOPRA DOROTHY HAMILL I was always singing to myself, but I never ever performed, and I never told anyone I liked to sing.... JACOB ARTIST KENDRA WILKINSON TIA MOWRY GIGI HADID My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to ... RICKY SCHRODER LAURA DERN BOOBOO STEWART PETER JACKSON I love Westerns and I remember as a kid climbing up on the couch and make it into a saddle and shoot... CREED BRATTON When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents... DAVID HENRIE ZOOEY DESCHANEL JEFFREY TAMBOR ODETTE ANNABLE I was suffering a divorce, and I was very unhappy because my children were very young. It hit me whe... CAROLL SPINNEY MEGAN FOX When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she ask... NEIL JACKSON There was a modeling agency in my little town where I got my start, but the opportunity came to work... JULIA VOTH JUNOT DIAZ I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite... KIMBERLEY NIXON I was in eighth grade when I did my first Junior Theatre show. I was in 'Annie Get Your Gun'... CASEY NICHOLAW CHARLIE ROWE RICKY MARTIN ANDREW BUCHAN CHARLIE PUTH ELIZA DUSHKU I have six brothers and one sister, and I was an ice hockey player when I was younger. I think my da... NICOLA PELTZ 'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and... MICHAEL PITT NAOMI CAMPBELL When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it. SABRINA CARPENTER I taped my original audition for 'Fargo' with my agency in Chicago, Stewart Talent. ALLISON TOLMAN When I was starring as Roxie Hart in 'Chicago,' I got my stiletto heel caught in my fishnet ... BIRGITTE HJORT SORENSEN My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery. KAT DENNINGS 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 TYLER PERRY Even as a little girl, my mom never wanted me to watch BET, but when I was at my grandparents' h... WINNIE HARLOW MARLO THOMAS DONNA BRAZILE Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditionin... JONATHAN LAPAGLIA 'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It wa... PATINA MILLER JILLIAN HERVEY DIANE VON FURSTENBERG 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 MICHAEL KEATON LILY JAMES ERIC MCCORMACK When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jew... LARENZ TATE NEIL GAIMAN Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Com... DIANA RIGG
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