Big break Quote by Maya Hawke

When I was 12, I played the Artful Dodger in Cameron McKintosh's production of 'Oliver!' when it came to Toronto. Just getting the role…

— Jake Epstein

I remember doing my first school play. We were doing 'Oliver Twist,' and I was cast as Oliver. It was the first time I…

— Kaya Scodelario

I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little.…

— Kaley Cuoco

I was in my first play when I was 6. My older sister was in a high-school production of 'The King and I.' They…

— Tony Shalhoub

As a kid, I was a dancer in Dick Whittington, Snow White and Cinderella. When I was 14, I played Baby Bear. I had…

— Sheridan Smith

It was fun playing a horrible, snotty kid in 'Harry Potter', and then playing Prince Charming where I was also singing and playing guitar,…

— Freddie Stroma

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

— Olivia Cooke

I was about ten when I first got laughs playing Fagin in 'Oliver' at junior school in Offerton. It was the best feeling in…

— Daniel Rigby

In high school, my first thing ever was I played Tony in 'West Side Story' when I was about 17. I was a really…

— Paulo Costanzo

My first performance was as one of the orphans in 'Oliver!'

— Brad Hall

I started off when I was seven years old doing musicals. I was in ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Sound of Music,’ and my mum’s…

— Alicia Vikander

I did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking speech and drama…

— Bella Heathcote