Akhil Akkineni Quotes

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

My mum's father was a producer and her mother was an actress, so my mum was fully behind me going into acting.

I don't have any friends who are actors through my dad.

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.

I grew up on a set and saw my family doing it and thought, 'I can do that too.'

I always wanted to go into acting.

I don't have that drive to be in this field, climbing up, doing bit parts in movies to make a big movie. But I'm lucky I get to also do acting - it's fun. I should probably just take an acting class on the weekends - that would be enough for me.

Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress.

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

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

I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

Acting has been my first passion, and turning a producer was a natural progression.

I always wanted to act.

There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.

If I wasn't acting, I would be trying to break into acting.

My father was an actor, and my mother was his agent, so I had it on both sides: the crazy actor and his representation.

The thing is, I get asked when I first knew I wanted to act so often, and I genuinely can't answer it. It's just... I got the bug, and that's it.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

My uncle Lionel ended up being a bug guy at 20th Century Fox, which my father had been - and, of course, my cousin Randy - you know, one of the great American songwriters. It was a storied family and, in many ways, very tough to emerge from.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

I've always wanted to do a movie, and I really feel the urge to do it.I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. If acting doesn't work out, I'd love to produce or direct or write. I just want to stay in this business, definitely. That would be my number one thing. I always want to be an actress.

I would definitely like to continue my career in Hollywood, work hard and do my best.