My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It blows me away that my parents, they really weren't much into theater, but they recognized that in me. When I think about the things they did to support that, I'm blown away.
Being a part of the theater community has been important to me from the time I was a child, through my parents.
My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
My two brothers and I grew up in the theater, going everywhere with my parents when they performed.
Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.
There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but I can't think of anything that happened or anybody in particular who inspired me; it all came from within.
It wasn't until I went to college that I met the theatre people and began to admire them because they were learning a trade that was guaranteed to make money!
I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I probably shared.
My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
My parents were not theatrical at all.