Twenty-five years ago, when I was a teenager, I gave up acting because one director told me I didn't have the looks for Hollywood (not interesting enough; not gorgeous enough) and I thought I couldn't sing, so Broadway was out. I decided if I pursued acting, I would end up as a waitress -- something I didn't want to be. Mix in a 20-year marriage to a paranoid control freak and poof! goodbye dream.
Well, I am acting again. I've gotten every part I've auditioned for and even won a best supporting actress award for gasp! a musical (yes, I sang). I started last year, but it's just now that I've gotten the courage to leave my little comfortable theatre group and go elsewhere (and send out my resume to other theatres and some TV producers). I have even branched out into doing accents (something I was super terrified to do). In fact, my current role is a Dutch psychic. 
Perhaps the world doesn't need another actor, but I love it and the stage is where I feel real and unafraid and I completely lose myself in my character. (It takes me an hour after rehearsal to talk without the accent.) My daughter has the bug as well, so we've been in 4 shows together, which makes it even more fun! 
Anyway, it's what I feel I was born to do.
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