Trudie Styler Quotes

I always wanted to act, but not because my parents were associated with the industry.

There wasn't really anything I wanted to do other than acting, which is ridiculous because there were no actors in my family, and we didn't know anything about acting.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents.

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me.

I started when I was four because I had asked my parents, I begged them, 'Can I do acting? I really want to do this!' and they let me do it, so that's pretty much how I got started.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

I've always strived to prove people wrong.

I wasn't raised to make history. In high school and family, no one around me was politically involved, and few of my friends planned to attend college or even thought about it.

Both my parents are doctors, but I'm passionate about dance and have always wanted to act since I was a child.

I've become really aware since putting out music that some people can't get past the acting thing. But acting was never what I meant to do.

I was so fortunate to be raised in a household filled with books and - as you might imagine to be the case in the Bush home - plenty of conversation.

I just think the time and where I was brought up had a great deal to do in giving me the ambition to kind of get out and do something and not go into the steel mill.

I know where I am headed and how will I evolve. There's nothing stopping you. I don't have a family background on films, and I will need to work for it.

I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others.

I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London.

I was such a mama's boy that no one imagined that I could come into the film line. She wanted me to do a bank job.

When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.

Weirdly, my dad didn't want me to become an actor, he was always quite resistant to it. He told me as much many times. That just made it more attractive to me.

I did not come to Mumbai because I wanted to be a star. I came to Mumbai because I genuinely love acting, and it gives me a kick.

When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.

My passion is from my mom. She was passionate about leaving Germany and coming to America and making a life for her and her family. My father - discipline, a chain of command, it works this way.

I think it's important to inspire other people to try and do things that people discourage you to do.