“My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.” BookPlayStupidTypeDadIntellectualMy DadChessYou Re Stupid Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I grew up in a sailing family. My dad lived for sailing, and when we moved to Canada when I was a child, he really wanted us to learn.” ChildrenWantedGrewDadGrew UpMovedMy DadCanadaSailing Author:Daria Werbowy
“I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.” FirstsWantedFeltCreativeTalentMomDadMy DadAlbumsMy Mom Author:M.I.A.
“Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad."” WantSaidRememberForeverFrontsMomDadStandingToolsOkayRight ThingI've LearnedSlipsMicrophonesMom And Dad Author:Neil Peart
“My mom is a Twilight fan as well and she's just as excited because she's read all the books so I think she wants to see it come alive just like anybody else. My parents supported me from the get-go, they are very supportive which a lot of people don't get. I told my dad I got the part before I told anyone else and he cried and he's so proud and he's so excited. I mean he's amazing and I'm so glad that he's going to sit beside me and go through all of that with me.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsMeanBookParentAliveFansMomProudDadMy DadExcitedMy MomGladTwilightCriedSupportive Author:Ashley Greene
“I've been a dad since I was nineteen, so I think a lot about fatherhood and the power of that sacrifice in your life.” ThinkingSacrificeDadFatherhoodNineteen Author:Jess Walter
“I first got into acting when I was about 12. I started doing speech and drama lessons. All my friends were doing it at the time and my dad encouraged it. He encouraged any extracurricular activity.” FirstsActingDadDramaLessonsActivitySpeechMy FriendsMy DadExtracurricular Activities Author:Bella Heathcote
“I really became a hardcore Batman fan when I was eight years old. What was clear to me, the reason I liked him better than Superman or Spider-Man or the Hulk or whoever, was the fact that he was human, and I could identify with him, and I really believed in that character strongly. In my heart of hearts, when I was eight years old, I believed that if I studied real hard, and worked out real hard, and if my dad bought me a cool car, I could be this guy.” IfsMenYearsHumansHeartRealHardReasonCharacterFactsGuyClearFansCarDadMy HeartMy DadEightThis GuySpidersHardcoreSpider ManCool Cars Author:Michael Uslan
“I can't go to sleep unless I've watched at least two episodes of American Dad on Hulu or iTunes. It just feels familiar. It's like a lullaby.” FeelsI CanTwoSleepDadFamiliarEpisodesGoing To SleepLullabyItunesAmerican Dad Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“Everyone thinks that because my dad was really well known for his body that I would have that pressure too, but the truth is that I don't look at those pictures of him being really muscley and say, "yep that's really what I want to look like!"” ThinkingWantWellsLooksBodyKnownDadTruth IsPressureMy DadBeing RealWell Known Author:Coco Rocha
“I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.” NeedsLooksBodyGirlDadMy Dad Author:Coco Rocha
“My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.” HugeMomDadBandStonesMy DadMy MomSingersZeppelins Author:Kelly Blatz
“When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.” WellsHugeKingsDadGuitarMy DadImpressionLastingSessionPlaying GuitarLasting Impressions Author:Billy Gibbons
“I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing my hands, cackling, "The dad is really going to take it on the chin in this one!" Not in terms of any given story, and certainly not in terms of the collection as a whole.” FirstsWholeCharacterStoriesHandsGivenVoiceTermDadThemeCollectionsChins Author:Roy Kesey
“It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I wasn't. Things were said, but via the language of action.” PeopleFeelsSaidActionLanguageDadMy FamilyMy DadTherapy Author:Leigh Newman
“My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and set the instruments, as well as the basics of taking off and landing.” KnowsWellsFeltTaughtDadInstrumentsMy DadPlanesLandingBasics Author:Leigh Newman
“After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four months, I would fly the 5,000 miles between the two. And having grown up in Alaska, Baltimore was astonishing.” TwoAgeMotherThreeFourMonthsDadSevenMy DadMilesAstonishingAlaskaBaltimore Author:Leigh Newman
“Even as my family fell apart and things were at their most hopeless, my dad and I found a lot of happiness in the wilderness - sleeping on the cold gravel and killing as many things as we could get our hands on. Even as my mom got progressively more crazy, we found a happiness, in flashes.” HandsFoundSleepCrazyMomColdDadMy FamilyKillingMy DadMy MomWildernessHopelessFlashGravel Author:Leigh Newman
“When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.” WayFirstsKindUsedNightTurnsThreeFatherHugeDadOne DayLuckyBandMouthsRoundsMy DadLoadTruckLaundryTorontoHelpers Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to write with candor about - mom and dad. Everything else is downhill from there.” PeopleWorldFeelsWritingTwoAbleDifficultMomDadMemoirEthicalDilemmaMom And DadCandorEthical Dilemmas Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the things that I just do because that's who I am.” PeopleStoriesToo MuchDadJokesSurpriseWho I AmTheatricalCheesyGoofs Author:William Beckett
“I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way.” WorldWayKidsNightMinutesCryDadStayingNew WaysFatherhoodAll NightUp All NightBeing A DadNappies Author:Elton John
“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” ChildrenRealFatherDadEasierMy DadDay To DayDaddyFathers DayFather SonYour DadBeing A FatherGreat FatherChristian FatherGood FatherBeing A DadHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFathers Day InspirationalFunny Fathers DayHappy Fathers DayFatheringHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayFather MotherFunny Happy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day MomInspirational FatherFathers Day ImagesHappy Fathers Day GreetingsDad LoveHappy Fathers Day ImagesFather Daughter LoveFathers Day PoemsChristian Fathers DayFathers Day CardBest DadDad DiedMy Dad DiedReal FatherBiological FathersFather Child Author:Pope John XXIII
“My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite 80's driven, so I was always surrounded by music growing up.” DifferentParentGrowing UpGrowingStyleDadMy DadDrivenMumDifferent StylesMotown Author:Ella Henderson
“I have very good advice to give to kids this age, which is, you shouldn't listen to your mum or dad and you just have to work it out for yourself. And the reason I've taken the age range down this year, and I never would have done it 10 years ago, is what I've seen with the success of Willow Smith. You don't have to be so cutesy anymore.” GivingYearsReasonDoneKidsAgeTakenAdviceDadYears AgoVery GoodRangeWorking ItMumGood AdviceYour Mum Author:Simon Cowell
“I remember reading a book that was on songwriting at some point that I found in my dad's store, and just... I did not relate at all. I've always hated structure of all kinds, it just doesn't work for me. I can never fit into the schedules of other people. It's like putting a schedule on your song, and it doesn't allow you to be moved by your own music.” PeopleKindI CanBookRememberSongReadingFoundDadFitMovedStructureMy DadStoresAll KindsRelateHatedSongwritingSchedules Author:Larkin Grimm
“I got to sing with the Boss, Sting, Pink and John Legend and all of those people. It felt like the pinnacle, and then I got the call. I cried, actually and I called my dad, it was really cool.” PeopleFeltDadMy DadBossLegendsCriedReally CoolPinnacle Author:Nick Jonas
“I thought, giving Jeb Bush the benefit of the doubt all these years, that he was sitting, saying, what a numbnut, what an idiot. My brother's a fool. He's listening to these neocons that talked him into this war. Dad would have never done this.” GivingYearsWarDoneDoubtBrotherListeningFoolDadBenefitsSittingIdiotMy BrotherBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Chris Matthews
“I guess, on my list, going back to some old American stuff and British stuff that I used to love in the '80s, would be a British show called Dad's Army, which recently just turned into a movie.” ShowsWould BeUsedStuffDadArmyBritishLists80sUsed To Love Author:Rhys Darby
“['Dad's Army' show]was a military thing but also very funny, so it's kind of the two things that I experienced by being a soldier, and I found it very humorous then and there, because of the juxtapositions [and] me and my emotional state.” KindTwoStatesShowsFoundMilitaryEmotionalDadHumorousArmySoldierTwo ThingsJuxtaposition Author:Rhys Darby
“My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'” KnowsShouldPlayDadMy DadAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Mark Ruffalo
“[The Land] is a film that just happens to be directed and written by a Puerto Rican guy with a black dad. It seemed like a very natural, human interaction between people who all just came from one common cesspool of bad luck.” PeopleHumansHappensFilmGuyBlackNaturalCommonWrittenLandDadLuckInteractionBad Luck Author:Erykah Badu
“My son Jack once said to me, 'Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'I don't care as long as they're laughing.'” PeopleThinkingLongSaidCareLaughingSonDadDon't CareI Don't CareMy Son Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I just love Wisconsin. I'm a fourth-generation Wisconsinite,and my great grandparents were farmers. My grandfather delivered the mail. My mom was the first in her family to go to college. My dad started this business that becomes an international success. And I just believe very strongly in Wisconsin and who we are and the potential that this state has. And I'm really concerned about the direction that we're headed.” FirstsBelieveStatesGenerationsCollegeMomDadConcernedMy DadInternationalMy MomWho We AreFarmersVery StrongMailFourthGrandfatherGrandparentMy GrandfatherWisconsinJust BelieveGreat Grandparents Author:Mary Burke
“I grew up with a lot of spirituality. It wasn't necessarily organized religion, because my mom was Jewish and my dad was Muslim. I went to Catholic school. There was a lot of conversation about comparative religions.” SchoolSpiritualityGrewMomDadConversationGrew UpCatholicMy DadMy MomOrganizedOrganized ReligionComparative ReligionCatholic School Author:Patricia Arquette
“I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do. I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking. If I'm going to do this, sacrifice time with family and friends, sacrifice resources, I need to think carefully about what I going to say and how I'm going to say it.” IfsThinkingNeedsTwoCharacterFightingAsksAnimalSacrificeIdentitySonHugeGoes OnDadHusbandResourcesThirdsPursueAsk MeMy SonFamily And Friends Author:Ben Sollee
“You need to not be able to do anything else, to be in this business. If you have other options, in those unemployed moments, those other options will take precedent. From a directorial standpoint, I think it's really Freudian, the amount of trust I have in filmmakers because I have such a trusting relationship with my dad.” IfsThinkingNeedsMomentsAbleAmountDadMy DadFilmmakerStandpointUnemployedPrecedent Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.” PeopleHardPlayFunParentChurchSimpleNiceMomDadLet MeMy DadMy MomSundayGrandfatherUnclesMy GrandfatherBishopsKeyboardsChoirGoing To Church Author:Fetty Wap
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap
“I was singing when I was five years old. My sister and I both had the talent from mom and dad, and she was in opera and I was into pop and uh, rhythm and blues, anything, I was about a four octave singer.” YearsFiveFourTalentMomDadSingingPopsSingersRhythmFive YearsMy SisterOperaMom And DadFive Year OldsRhythm And Blues Author:Carl Gardner
“If anybody normally has a 45 minute conference call about something, I'm 15 minutes late and then I'm out 15 minutes before everybody else, and I cut to the key information and I move on. I learned that from my dad and guys like Jason Blum, who know how to do that.” IfsKnowsMovingGuyKnow HowCuttingMinutesInformationKeysDadLateMy DadConferencesJasonConference Calls Author:Mark Duplass
“My 22-year-old [son] can see everything I've done, but my 15-year-old hasn't been able to see anything, at all. But yeah, I hope I'm a super cool dad.” YearsDoneAbleSonDadYeahSuper Cool Author:Vincent D'Onofrio
“I really loved my dad. I was very, very close to my dad. He - you know, he was very, very nervous about my being an actor.” KnowsActorsDadMy DadNervous Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“I mean, my wife is always like - I don't write lyrics. So I couldn't, like, really technically write a song for anyone. I could write a very nice instrumental. So she always sort of gives me a hard time because it's just such a ridiculously impossible standard to live up to, that your step-dad wrote that song for your mom.” GivingWritingMeanHardSongStepsNiceWifeImpossibleMomDadStandardsGive MeMy WifeHard TimesVery NiceYour MomStep Dad Author:Mark Ronson
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.” WayWellsKindChildrenWantedMotherGuyFatherFunMomDadStandardsBlameUnhappyMemoirGrandmotherTypicalBroodingEleanorFun Loving Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy him a bit, and I thought, how can I annoy Dad? I'll play the harpsichord.” PlayFatherBitsSoundDadFairsPianoAnnoying Author:Mahan Esfahani
“My step-dad started playing hockey in Detroit so we moved and I had to start home school. I started watching movies since I had a bunch of free time and then I was like, 'You know what? I want to give this a shot, move back to L.A., and audition.' The first show I booked was a show called Threshold with Carla Gugino and it was obviously a terrifying experience and I felt out of my comfort zone, but it made me want to keep going because it was fun.” KnowsWantGivingFirstsMadeShowsHomeSchoolMovingFunFeltStepsLike YouDadComfortShotsMovedBunchZoneKeep GoingHockeyComfort ZoneAuditionsDetroitThresholdFree TimePlaying HockeyStep Dad Author:Steven R. McQueen
“My dad raced motocross back in the day, and I've always enjoyed watching it. That sport intrigues me.” SportsDadMy DadEnjoyedIntrigueBack In The DayMotocross Author:Virgil Green
“I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me.” BookPlayFormDadMy DadTheatreDramaticSpokes Author:Danny Burstein