Chef Quote by D. B. Sweeney

I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went…

— Rachael Harris

I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in…

— Charisma Carpenter

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

— Odeya Rush

I had the opportunity to go to law school, and my dad, who was an accountant, couldn't believe I wanted to walk away from…

— Curtis Stone

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

— Laura Linney

I was supposed to go to art school, and my father wanted me to go to law school.

— Mike Espy

I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working class, just…

— Gerard Butler

My training was in theater, and I was asked to be a journalist.

— Mariette Hartley

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

— Dexter Fletcher

I worked as a cook before starting acting.

— Jason Mitchell

The fact is I never intended to be a chef. After Oxford University I had this weird idea of running a nightclub.

— Rick Stein

The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I…

— Giada De Laurentiis