Sound Of Music actress Julie Andrews "doubted" she would ever make it in the entertainment industry despite working as a singer as a child to support her family.
Speaking on CBS Sunday Mornings, the 88-year-old Oscar winning actress said: "Yes, I was [paying the mortgage] eventually. We needed cash, dreadfully, so eventually when I was about 15, I went out on my own, all around England, around and around. I was part of the family trying to do it but eventually, it was just me because my stepfather was an alcoholic, sadly.
"I doubted that I ever would [make it]. I was doing it because it helped, and I had to. In my teens, I would think 'What am I doing this for? Where is all this going to lead?' and then suddenly the world broke open."
The Mary Poppins actress made her debut on broadway in The Boy Friend, then played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady before finding success in Hollywood with 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' but admitted she didn't really have a clue what she was doing when she was thrust into the limelight.
The Princess Diaries actress added:"I didn't have acting lessons or anything like that, I picked it up and people are very kind. They don't hurt puppies, if you know what I'm saying. And I was a puppy and I didn't know what the heck I was doing. But I learned and was grateful for all of the teaching that I got."
