Being Quote by P. L. Travers

My family didn't want me to be a musician, and therefore, they never helped out in my efforts.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

My family didn't push me into the music industry; they just wanted me to do something I loved.

— Sigrid

I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are real introverts…

— Zoe Kazan

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.

— Tommy Bolin

When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.

— Billie Lourd

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

— Crystal Hana Kim

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I think my family's watched me over the years in my career, in my pursuit of my career, and they've seen the challenges and…

— Ricky Schroder

It wasn't like I told my family, 'I want to be a singer. I want to be a writer. I want to be a…

— Maisie Peters

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted…

— Blake Lively

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were…

— Rupert Penry-Jones