Though we spend our lives looking up to them, it might feel like, more often than not, we disagree with our parents. These arguments aren't just limited to minuscule issues; if you want to have fun and stay true to yourself, chances are you'll have to disappoint your parents.

Ironically enough, the one wish that Lon Chaney had for his son was that he not go into acting.

Today, Chaney and his son, Lon Chaney Jr., are known as two incredibly talented actors in the classic horror genre. But during an interview with The Commercial Appeal, Chaney Jr. confessed that when he was younger, his father advised him not to pursue a life as an actor. The senior Chaney believed that the effort would spare his son some unnecessary pain.

"My father said to me again and again, 'I don't want my son to work that hard to make a living,'" said the younger Chaney. "He loved acting with his heart and soul, but he felt that success in acting demanded too much of a man.

Instead, Chaney wanted his son to pursue a more reliable career, one that would promise some lucrative financial gains.

"He wanted me to be president of some good manufacturing concern," said the actor, who starred in The Ghost of Frankenstein. "Never a good businessman himself, he looked at the type, almost with adoration... 'Business - that's the way to make a living,' he would tell me."

Of course, Chaney's efforts were in vain; his son would become an actor, having viewed it as the only career he could live with. "I finally went into acting because you could hardly keep from it a boy who was born on the road, who had no kid friends, only grown actors until he was 12."

Despite their difference in opinions, the younger Chaney was grateful for his father's advice, all the same.

"But no matter what a boy may choose as his final profession, I don't think any youngster living could have a better philosophy of life than that given to me by my father," said Chaney Jr. "It was 'You can make any mistake in life except that of...quitting too soon.'"