Father Quote by Radha Ravi

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

— Peter Gallagher

After my father passed away in 1989, I fell pretty hard for theater as an undergraduate at the University of Oregon. Before he died,…

— Ty Burrell

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.

— August Wilson

I grew up performing in theatre.

— Valorie Curry

I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given…

— Alfred Lunt

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

— Laura Linney

My dad was a theater major, and he's acted, and he's done so much television and radio and film, and seeing how much fun…

— Amber Stevens

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

Initially, my father opposed the idea of joining films and did not want me to move out, but now I'm closest to him and…

— Esha Gupta

I was involved with my theater program in high school, and I was involved in a festival where I could audition for a lot…

— Josh Dallas

As an actor I worked for seven years with a community theater company based in London. We used improvisation techniques to take stories to…

— Jenny Downham

I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

— Orlando Bloom