--- title: "1 Dad Actor Quotes By Bel Powley" description: "1 Dad Actor quotes by Bel Powley. Plus more from Bel Powley and more Dad Actor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg" --- > [My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting-director-and-a-writer/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg) ## More by Bel Powley > [Most of my really strong friendships are with people I've known all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/most-of-my-really-strong-friendships-are-with-people-i-ve-known-all/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I'm so open to different things. The only thing I'd say is I've set the bar pretty high in terms of good female roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-m-so-open-to-different-things-the-only-thing-i-d-say-is-i-ve-set/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I loved history and Eastern European politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-loved-history-and-eastern-european-politics/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > ['70s music is the kind of music I listen to. '70s clothes, I adore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/70s-music-is-the-kind-of-music-i-listen-to-70s-clothes-i-adore/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [Let's just say musicals aren't really my thing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/let-s-just-say-musicals-aren-t-really-my-thing/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television show called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/my-first-professional-audition-as-an-actor-was-when-i-was-about-12/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-think-people-get-confused-people-think-strong-female-characters/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I feel like all teenagers can relate to that feeling of being, like, so highly strung, and everything is so on the surface, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-feel-like-all-teenagers-can-relate-to-that-feeling-of-being-like-so/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-was-really-quite-geeky-at-school-at-one-point-i-wanted-to-be-prime/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-want-to-play-a-range-from-victims-to-strong-people-just-as-long-as/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-don-t-feel-like-i-properly-started-acting-until-i-did-my-first-play/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/all-my-friends-were-off-on-gap-years-so-going-to-new-york-alone-at/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-ve-set-the-bar-high-in-terms-of-having-a-very-feminist-attitude/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I was doing one of my first plays at the Royal Court, and Matt LeBlanc came to see the play. He came backstage afterwards,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-was-doing-one-of-my-first-plays-at-the-royal-court-and-matt-leblanc/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-want-to-keep-playing-strong-female-roles-i-don-t-mean-superheroes/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad-actor/bel-powley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Dad Actor Quotes By Bel Powley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bel Powley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting-director-and-a-writer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer.” — Bel Powley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad-actor/bel-powley/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad-actor/bel-powley/", "name": "Dad Actor Quotes by Bel Powley", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad-actor/bel-powley/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/bel-powley-16204_actor_my-dad-s-an-actor-and-my-mum-s-a-casting_2686888.jpg" }, "description": "1 Dad Actor quotes by Bel Powley. 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