I didn't have any connection with movies except for the…

I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because…

— Gore Verbinski

Having to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies.

— Gary Cooper

My father was so against me becoming an actor.

— Wendell Pierce

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

— James Earl Jones

Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!,' and was in a film called 'Frauds,' too.…

— Lily Collins

My father is an actor as well, so I used to look to him.

— Brian Gleeson

My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.

— Gilles Duceppe

My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met…

— Micky Dolenz

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Manoj Bajpayee is a husband, a father, and an actor. He doesn't see his life beyond that.

— Manoj Bajpayee

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until…

— Jensen Ackles

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

— Sergio Leone

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

— Bruce Willis

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called…

— Jared Harris

I owe my whole career as a storyteller to my father. He was an actor/director/producer and teacher.

— John Lithgow