When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was five, I always told my mom I would want to be an actor.
When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about.
When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.
I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'
I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.
My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a career. Everyone in my family went to university - my older brother is a lawyer - but when they saw me for the first time at the theatre, they thought, 'OK.' They like it very much now.
When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.