Vera Lynn Quotes

My father was an entertainer, and he knew what he was doing.

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

Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

I've always had a niche for entertaining since I was a little girl.

Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around that.

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.

My mum and dad teach, and all my brothers and sisters have been in 'Riverdance' and so forth. So I was forced to become a dancer; it's part of my family history.

The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment - the performance anxiety, the litmus test.

I was a dancer, and my father was a dancer, so I really grew up in that environment.

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as a teenager trying to get away from the theatre.

I've always been obsessed with being on stage and putting shows together.

I'm an entertainer - that's what I do.

I knew I was an exhibitionist. I came from a huge family. I found an emotional connection being on stage.

My father is an actor as well, so I used to look to him.

I know it's cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just felt natural.

I feel like I've been around performance my whole life. My mom and uncle had done plays.

We're entertainers. We're theatrical.

Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.