My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.
I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.
My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.
My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.
My family was very unhappy about my becoming a photographer - profoundly and deeply unhappy.
My parents didn't want me to go into show business. They were afraid of what would happen if I didn't succeed. They wanted me to get married and have babies. I never saw marriage and family in my life.
My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.
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.
My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.