Actor Quote by Joel Grey

Greta Gerwig always seemed like a name that was mine. My mother did a good job.

— Greta Gerwig

When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people.…

— Jason Mantzoukas

David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because…

— David Nicholls

My mom raised me on her own, so I decided to take her name 'cause she was my mom and my dad.

— Kaya Scodelario

My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures…

— Loretta Lynn

My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called 'New Faces of 1937.' My mom went under…

— Albert Brooks

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.

— Winston Churchill

My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came…

— Chris Pine

The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home…

— Kandyse McClure

My first exposure to TV, film, theater, the idea of what acting was, is I was a little kid, and my mom's best friend…

— Casey Affleck

I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a…

— John Wesley Harding

When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility. I was…

— Martin Donovan