My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.
I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends, so don't talk to them.'
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
When I was a kid I went and saw Bill Cosby with my dad, and I remember sitting there and laughing so hard.
My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.
My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'
I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.
Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.
I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.
As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.
Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.
I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.
I was raised on Broadway because of my dad, but I never thought I had what it took to make it there, although I always wanted to.
My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.
Performing has always been something I wanted to do. My dad had a video camera and I loved being in front of it.
