Daisy Ridley Quotes

My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet.

My dad was an actor and a writer; my mum was a drama teacher. My grandma was an actress. My aunt is an actress. My granddad was a cameraman. They would've been surprised if I wanted to be a dentist or something like that.

There's no background of creativity in my family; there are no actors or musicians.

I wanted to be an architect, an artist, or an actor.

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way.

We're always aware of our family being creative, but it wasn't like, 'My uncle is an amazing actor; I want to be like that.'

As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.

The arts have always been in and around my life.

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.

No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.

I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording.

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.

There a lot of other things I love to do. I consider myself as an artist, so I dance, I paint, I sing, so as long as I'm creating, I'm happy.

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.

My background was in performing originally.

Our family is very art driven. We all love to create.

My family has always been inclined to any form of art.

The arts was always a place where I could be present.

My father was an entertainer. This is, of course, one of the most marked and enduring manifestations.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

There are other artists out there, in which some like to write and others like to perform and others like to talk, but I really just love to perform and entertain.

I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are real introverts who don't go to a lot of Hollywood parties and are most comfortable in their pajamas in our sweet little home. Part of the reason I wanted to be an actor and not just a writer is because I felt much more extroverted than that - I love to be around people, and feed off people's energy, and collaborations. If I hadn't had their example, I wouldn't have been so serious, but I also wouldn't have wanted so much to find another creative outlet.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.