Mom Quote by Connie Nielsen

I had done quite a bit of stage when I was younger, local stuff, musicals. Then I started professionally, I suppose, when I was…

— Amybeth McNulty

I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.

— Vicky Kaushal

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

— Mary Badham

I didn't have a stage mom at all. I was the one who planned out my auditions and drove myself an hour and a…

— Nina Dobrev

My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends.

— Lynn Nottage

I started in musical theater.

— Brett Cooper

Mum got me involved in every activity under the sun - singing, dancing and drama classes at the Anna Scher theatre school.

— Zawe Ashton

When we lived in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, my sister and I did a local play. My whole family got involved. My mom…

— Danielle Panabaker

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.

— Casey Wilson

I grew up performing in theatre.

— Valorie Curry

My family traveled with a whole community to European festivals. My mum did gymnastics, freak show performances, and swung fire in the circus, so…

— Neon Hitch

Apparently, my mother still thought I had too much energy so she signed me up for a local theatre group, marking the beginning of…

— Alex Hogh Andersen