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My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work.

— Raven Goodwin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

— Zachary Gordon

My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

— Mae Whitman

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 acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

— Corey Feldman

Shortly after my dad died, my mom figured that if I could do a few commercials, I'd get a college fund.

— Liam Aiken

I started as a teenager going up on commercials.

— Fran Drescher

Mum and Dad always wanted me to do whatever I was happy doing. I nearly went to art college at 16, but decided to do a BTEC in performing arts.

— Stephen Graham

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

— Jeff Bridges

✗Opposing Perspectives

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

— Devon Sawa

I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities.

— Jennifer Damiano