Alive Quote by Samantha Barks

I was keen on dancing, and acting offers were coming in. I was ready to enter the industry, but my parents felt I had…

— Sai Pallavi

I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to scratch. Acting…

— Ruth Wilson

My parents weren't at all in entertainment, but when I look back, something along the line prepared me and opened me up to entertainment.

— Bonnie Hammer

My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me…

— Heath Ledger

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being…

— Helen Reddy

There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set…

— Micky Dolenz

When I was a kid, I always envisioned myself as performing, as being in that business. It was all that I knew, so it's…

— Brooklyn Sudano

I was a theatrical kid, but my parents were overprotective. When I expressed interest in show business, they shut it down.

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

By the time I was 19, my parents weren't very authoritative over my life.I didn't have any doubt about that - at that time…

— Bruce Springsteen

My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.

— Hank Williams III

I always knew I wanted to act, but my parents neverencouraged me. If I was talentless, they didn't want me to be heartbroken.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I always wanted to act, but not because my parents were associated with the industry.

— Keerthy Suresh