Synyster Gates Quotes

I'm the third or fourth generation of actor in my family; I'm sure if they were butchers, I'd be a butcher, too.

I'd always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He's just recently retired. And I kind of didn't want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents.

The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business. But I didn't really know I wanted to act when I was a child.

There was never any pressure on me to go into the business, but I was always aware of it. I'd go on the set with my father and he and my mother would always be singing.

Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?

My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.

I think it's quite difficult to follow in your parent's footsteps in the same sport.

I want to carry on in my dad's footsteps and make sure his message lives on forever. I feel like that's why I've been put on this planet - to get my message across.

My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money.

I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do.

I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father.

My grandmother wanted my father to be a teacher because she was a teacher. He didn't go down that road until much later in life; he just kind of retired after almost 20 years as being a visiting lecturer at Stanford, where he got his graduate degree.

I am from a family of artists. Here I am, making a living in the arts. It has not been a rebellion. It's as though I had taken over the family Esso station.

My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!

I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.

I didn't have the drive; I never wanted to be in show business. I went into my father's business because of osmosis.

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist.

My father was a salesman, and I always said I wouldn't be one.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.