Actor Quote by Peter Dinklage

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens,…

— Zubin Mehta

My mother's brother, my uncle, was an actor, quite well known in the West End. He used to come over to our house, and…

— Sonoya Mizuno

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

— Leonard Slatkin

My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in academia.

— Pete Seeger

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless…

— Uta Hagen

I was a ham. I loved singing and performing.

— Leslie Uggams

My best memories growing up are of putting on musicals with my mom and dad, Both of them are real hams; it was like…

— Alexa Ray Joel

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.

— Jeet Gannguli

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play…

— Fiona Shaw

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five…

— Lola Kirke

Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.

— Sturgill Simpson

You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But,…

— John C. Reilly