Portia Doubleday Quotes

School is very important to my family.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.

My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me acting for the rest of my life.

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

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

My family gave me the best in education.

I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, 'Go to college, go to college, go to college.'

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.

I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.

My father said that I could always become an actress, but I couldn't go back to college later in life. So I had to first finish my education, and then I could do what I wanted. At the time, I was not pleased, but now, I can't thank him enough. My parents were absolutely right.

Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my sister is equally driven. She is a paediatric endocrinologist.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

My mom made sure all her kids went to college.

My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.

The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university.

My grandfather, Daddy Jeff, made me promise to him that even though I'm already an actress, I'd still finish school.

My elder brother is a lecturer in a college in Haryana, and my eldest sister was a teacher. I feel they are more educated than I am. I, too, used to dream of becoming a teacher.

My parents have always been supportive. I come from a very simple middle class family, where the upbringing is very traditional. So for them to give me the kind of freedom to exercise my choices is very fortunate for me.

Acting is not a thing where I'm from. Finishing school is a big thing. Not a lot of people finish school.

I studied psychology and sociology. I think my assumption was that I would go to graduate school, and I don't know what I was going to do after that.

My mum and dad were incredibly supportive - although I suspect my dad would have preferred me to go the university route. However, I know they were extremely proud when I won the 2011 BAFTA Best Actor for playing comedian Eric Morecambe in 'Eric and Ernie.'

The NBA is a beautiful job in a lot of ways. But for living stability, thinking you're going to be somewhere for a long time, it's not for that.

I spent the most impressionable years of my life with my grandparents, and they meant a lot to me, which is why I wanted them to come around with my decision of acting.