My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.
I don't come from an artistic family, so I didn't know what theater was. I was working on Wall Street in the '90s, and I went to see 'Appointment With a High-Wire Lady' at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and it affected me so deeply. It changed everything I thought about the arts. I quit banking and became an actor.
My two brothers and I grew up in the theater, going everywhere with my parents when they performed.
My grandparents - both of my mother's parents - were actors, and they ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company, through the town of Reading, where I come from.
My father was an actor, and my mother was his agent, so I had it on both sides: the crazy actor and his representation.
Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.
Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.
My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
I have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor.