A Quote by Mena Massoud

I was told growing up that the arts were just a hobby - that I couldn't do it as a career.

Mena Massoud

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Mena Massoud
Egyptian - Actor
Born: September 17, 1991

I know how difficult it is to make a career in the arts, but even if you don't make a career of it, don't lose it as a hobby. Artists often end up in jobs that have nothing to do with their art. But that side needs to be fulfilled - don't give it up.

Dave Franco

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I don't really have hobbies. ?ombat arts was a hobby that became a career.

Rico Chiapparelli

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Growing up in the '70s, if you were a girl or woman, a man could tell you what to do - if you were sitting on the bus: 'Get up,' 'Move,' whatever. You did what you were told.

Kathy Burke

It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that.

Julie Taymor

No one ever told me when I was growing up that make-up and skirts were just for girls. If you're confident and you own it, [the other kids] are fine with it...I've always supported the lifestyle that I will do what I please and deal with it.

Dominic Monaghan

We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams!

Khalid

Growing up, I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. There were no limitations restraining me just because I was a girl. Then I joined the military.

Martha McSally

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

Jason Wu

Mukta Arts and I were born on the same day. I am still growing with Mukta Arts.

Jackie Shroff

My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career.

Michael Emerson

I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk to our animals at home.

Janet Jackson

Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.

Rachel Kushner

I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants to put you in. It's hard to keep growing up inside the performing arts. It's very difficult, and presents a lot of unique challenges.

Ethan Hawke

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