"My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy"
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The intent is disarming. Lively acknowledges lineage (a potentially loaded admission in an era obsessed with “nepo babies”) while refusing the solemn, defensive posture audiences expect. “Crazy” does double duty: it’s affectionate shorthand for intensity, ambition, and a household where performance is normal, and it’s a wink at the myth that entertainment families are unusually dramatic. The subtext is: yes, I’m from this world, but don’t mistake that for ease. If anything, it’s a mess you learn to navigate early, which becomes its own kind of credential.
Context matters because celebrity today is a constant authenticity audition. A polished origin story reads like PR; a slightly messy one reads like truth. Lively’s casual repetition (“my whole family… my whole family…”) mimics off-the-cuff speech, selling spontaneity. She turns biography into relatability, not by denying the pipeline, but by humanizing it: the backstage isn’t a velvet rope, it’s a family room with loud personalities and a lot of rehearsal.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lively, Blake. (2026, January 17). My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-whole-familys-been-in-the-business-my-whole-39843/
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Lively, Blake. "My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-whole-familys-been-in-the-business-my-whole-39843/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-whole-familys-been-in-the-business-my-whole-39843/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.



