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When my second child was born, I gave up acting - two young children out on the road was too difficult to manage. I'd…

— Jenny Downham

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

— Peter Gallagher

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part,…

— Trevor Nunn

I was a dramatic kid. I remember, I was very young, and once I knew what I wanted to do I, like, created a…

— Jessica Chastain

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

My dad and his brothers were involved in amateur dramatics. From an early age, I was dragged along to rehearsals when they couldn't get…

— Tom Glynn-Carney

I joined an amateur drama group as a teenager, fell in love with theatre, and it totally changed my life.

— David Jason

Apparently, my mother still thought I had too much energy so she signed me up for a local theatre group, marking the beginning of…

— Alex Hogh Andersen

I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.

— Nigel Hawthorne

I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's…

— Bette Midler

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as a teenager…

— Marianne Elliott

The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.

— Katharine McPhee