Acting Quote by Lily Collins

Weirdly, my dad didn't want me to become an actor, he was always quite resistant to it. He told me as much many times.…

— Johnny Flynn

I kind of hid acting from my dad because I knew what he thought about acting at the time. His advice was "Don't do…

— Christian Madsen

My father was so against me becoming an actor.

— Wendell Pierce

My father is a great actor, but I am not into acting. Instead, I took to film direction, which is my passion.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I…

— Karthi

I actually did want to be an actor when I was younger, but my father didn't want to hear anything about it. And you…

— Kris Holden-Ried

Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up…

— Steven R. McQueen

When I was about 18 or 19, I told my father that I want to be an actor, and he was shocked.

— Prabhas

My father is an actor as well, so I used to look to him.

— Brian Gleeson

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called…

— Jared Harris

I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

— Nina Conti

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled…

— Jeff Bridges