Community Quote by Beth Henley

My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up.

— Mary Badham

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

Immediately after school, I did a lot of regional theater. I was in Berkeley and Princeton and Minneapolis and all over the country doing…

— Sterling K. Brown

I started in musical theater as a little girl in Houston.

— Chandra Wilson

I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.

— Alicia Keys

I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then…

— Jimmi Simpson

I grew up in the theatre.

— Jeremy Piven

I grew up performing in theatre.

— Valorie Curry

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

— Gary Burton

After college, I went to Alley Theatre in Houston to work in their apprentice actor program. I thought I was gonna get discovered. It…

— Chris Parnell

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I'm from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. It's right outside Detroit. The suburbs. I was always very heavily involved in theater back then. I was always…

— Paul Feig