“My dad was a musician, and that was his first love, and I think probably, to be really honest, it was my first love as well.” ThinkingFirstsWellsHonestDadMusicianMy DadFirst Love Author:Kim Basinger
“I was very fortunate to grow up with parents who love to travel, so I traveled from a young age. My dad's a heart surgeon and goes to conferences all over the world. By the time I was seven, I traveled outside the country for the first time. We went to Paris. The next year, we went to London, and then Brussels.” WorldYearsFirstsHeartCountryAgeYoungNextGrowsParentGrowing UpDadFirst TimeSevenMy DadLondonFortunateParisTraveledConferencesYoung AgeNext YearSurgeonsBrussels Author:Candice Accola
“The first movie my dad ever showed me was Predator - I was five. And I think the second one was Jaws. I've has this understanding of fiction for a very, very long time but I've also had this thing where I've idolized the male action heroes because that's what I watched with my dad.” ThinkingFirstsLongActionUnderstandingFictionFiveHeroDadLong TimeMalesMy DadPredatorIdolizedAction Heroes Author:Katee Sackhoff
“You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.” WantFeelsFirstsCareKidsStuffDadMy DadTake CareBarbie Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'” FirstsStillsSongVoiceRoomsQualityClassHeroDadBandSingersGreat MenSense Of HumorWorking ClassLiving RoomTouch MeLennonPalsWryTimbreWorking Class HeroTryouts Author:Don Henley
“The most rewarding part about being a dad is just looking at children who didn't exist at some point. The first time you saw them, they were the size of a quarter, in a sonogram, and now they can pour orange juice and yell at each other.” FirstsChildrenSawsDadFirst TimeSizeQuartersOrangeJuiceBeing A DadOrange Juice Author:Paul Reiser
“You might be a redneck if on your first date you had to ask your Dad to borrow the keys to the tractor.” IfsFirstsMightAsksKeysDadDatingRedneckYou Might Be A Redneck IfYour DadFirst DateRedneck HumorTractorsFunny Redneck Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“I've always been funny. I look back in the day, when I would take the mic from my dad in church and just start goin', at age six, the first time I did it. I think 14 was when I knew I wanted to do it and promote my own comedy shows at the church. Then, everyone would come.” ThinkingFirstsLooksShowsAgeWantedChurchMy OwnComedyDadSixFirst TimeMy DadBack In The DayMicsComedy Shows Author:Brandon T. Jackson
“I try to live my life like my father lives his. He always takes care of everyone else first. He won't even start eating until he's sure everyone else in the family has started eating. Another thing: My dad never judges me by whether I win or lose.” TryingFirstsCareFatherWinningLosesJudgingDadEatingMy DadTake CareLiving My LifeWin Or LoseJudge Me Author:Ben Roethlisberger
“The towers fell, and the first thing that went through my head was my dad's voice: 'Well, you brought a new life into the world, and the world's over. Nice timing, numbnuts!” WorldFirstsWellsVoiceNiceDadMy DadTimingTowersNew Life Author:Christopher Titus
“My dad invented road rage. He wasn't the first guy to get mad in the car, but he was first guy to get mad enough to make the paper.” FirstsEnoughGuyCarDadPaperMadMy DadRageRoad Rage Author:Christopher Titus
“Your first leader is your dad. 'course he controls your food and shelter, so, he's not really a leader, he's more of a fascist dictator. But dictators have dreams too. Your dad doesn't. He gave them up when he had you. So remember that next time you say, I don't want to cut the lawn. Just shut up and mow the grass and save the lip for your teachers.” WantFirstsDreamRememberCoursesNextLeaderTeacherCuttingDadLipsGrassShelterDictatorShut UpNext TimeFascistsLawnsYour Dad Author:Christopher Titus
“There's a one in six billion chance you'll find your soul mate. And that's if they're not dead. At best they're probably living in some Siberian ice cave eating bugs and weaving beads into their back hair. But they're out there. My dad believed that to find your perfect soul mate, first, you had to look through a bunch of other guys' soul mates.” IfsFirstsLooksSoulGuyChancePerfectHairDadSixEatingMy DadBillionsBunchIceYour SoulMatesCavesBugsOther GuysSoul MateWeavingBeads Author:Christopher Titus
“If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. Just make sure you clear the bold move with the people whose lives it's going to affect. Like George Washington, had to get all those guys who the British killed to agree to die. Neil Armstrong, had to crank a couple of elbows into Buzz Aldrin's face mask to make sure he got on the moon first. And Christopher Titus, well, he worked his dad for five grand. Ha ha. Who can't support who ? I know, it's complicated.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFirstsWellsEnoughFacesMovingGuyDiesSupportClearFiveCoupleDadMoonAgreeComplicatedBritishMaskWant SomethingElbowsBuzzArmstrongCrankBold Moves Author:Christopher Titus
“I swore I would never get involved in my dad's life. But then he started blowing it. So I had to get involved, you know, but he's my dad, I can't send him to his room or ground him or go to his first grade play and scream, "Look at the fairy!" I was a wood nymph.” KnowsFirstsLooksI CanPlayRoomsDadInvolvedMy DadWoodsFairyGradesScreamGet InvolvedNymphsBlowing It Author:Christopher Titus
“I am just here to support the President of the United States. President of the United States is our boss, but he is also... you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen, and when you don't it will usually bite you on the ass later on. So, I'm here to support the President.” KnowsFirstsCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportMomDadAssBossBitesFirst LadyYour Dad Author:Chris Rock
“My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East.” YearsFirstsUsedMiddleDadTenDoctorsMy DadIraqEastMiddle EastTime TravelBackwardsBaghdad Author:Andy Serkis
“I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.” FirstsChildrenMadeFilmStarsDadSummerMy DadHolidayStardom Author:Mahesh Babu
“My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenDadMy FamilyMy DadCall MeConventionsInitials Author:Elvis Costello
“Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school.” FirstsSchoolSuccessfulBrotherDadHigh SchoolMy FamilyMy DadGraduatesYounger BrotherGraduating High School Author:Betty Dodson
“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.
“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 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
“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 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
“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
“The first theatre I ever found was in the backyard of a new suburban community in the foothills of the Poconos. My dad was a young FBI agent at his first or second posting - we're all from New York. He was posted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and he put the family in a brand new red-brick apartment. It was in a C-shape and behind it was a small hill that led up to the woods. There was a white-washed brick wall that was a perfect theatre! There were windows and all the ladies behind the windows in their apartments. I would go out there after lunch every day and sing opera.” FirstsYoungFoundCommunityWhitePerfectBehindsNew YorkWallDadShapesRedWindowMy DadWoodsTheatreAgentsBrandsHillsLunchOperaApartmentBricksFbiBackyardsBrand NewPennsylvaniaBrick WallFbi Agents Author:Mercedes Ruehl
“All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.” FirstsStoriesRememberBrotherDadBeatsFirst TimeBoardsMy BrotherMy SisterBrothers And SistersRemember WhenCheckers Author:Terry Gross
“The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went in the middle of late-night news, and then through all of their career, it was always the "Ed Sullivan Show," it was a variety act, my dad was on the "Jimmy Dean Show" for a few years.” YearsFirstsShowsTogetherFormNightCareersComedyMiddleMomDadLateNewsSeriesMy DadMy MomVarietyJimmyDeanLate NightEd Sullivan Author:Brian Henson
“"Sesame Street" was really the first kid's show that my dad did. He did a couple of TV specials that were targeted for kids before "Sesame Street," but really, it was, it's kind of going back to our roots, when we start to get adult. This show gets very adult sometimes, and that's because of the audience.” FirstsKindSometimesShowsKidsAudienceStreetsTvsCoupleDadAdultsRootsMy DadSesame Street Author:Brian Henson
“The first big thing that I did with my dad was the bicycle sequence in "The Great Muppet Caper," where Kermit and Piggy are riding bicycles in Battersea Park in London and that was a complex marionetting and cranes driving through the park, it was a complicated scene, and I did that with my dad.” FirstsBigsDadSceneComplexesMy DadComplicatedLondonDrivingParksRidingBig ThingsSequenceBicycleCranesRiding A BicycleMuppetPiggyCapers Author:Brian Henson
“I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad's store.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsDadMy DadStoresNakedMagazines Author:Aasif Mandvi
“As a kid growing up, the most simple things would make me so, so excited. I remember the first time my dad got a let-out couch; you could sleep in it like a bed and my sister and I just thought that was so magical.” FirstsKidsRememberSleepSimpleGrowing UpGrowingDadBedFirst TimeMy DadExcitedMy SisterCouchesSimple ThingsKids Growing Up Author:Keke Palmer
“The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.” FirstsCareTodayParentSupportFourWonderfulMonthsDadMy SisterMumAdoptedDeafMum And DadChristineWonderful Parents Author:Michael Gove
“I remember the day before my dad died, I was in a hospital room with him, and he had lived a long life. He was 94, and I helped him get up, and there were two windows separated by the partition. I took him to the first window, and he kind of found his way to the second window, and on the way there was a mirror, and he looked into it, and I saw through the corner of my eye, I remember the look on his face. What came over his face was "So I'm here. I've crossed that bridge."” WayFirstsLooksKindLongTwoEyeRememberFacesFoundRoomsSawsDadWindowDiedMirrorsMy DadCornersGet UpBridgesHospitalsLong LifePartitionDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Andy Kim
“My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad's performance of the book.” FirstsBookYoungPassionReadingWrittenDadPerformancesMy DadThanksLandscapeImaginaryWritten Word Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum lessons from [McCann's] dad, who taught a lot of the drummers in Kingston. He said that when he was in Grade 9, the Hip were the model; the goal was to get an agent and gig as much as possible.” FirstsSaidGoalTaughtDadLessonsRight NowModelsAgentsHipsGradesWeepingGigsDrummerTiles Author:Sarah Harmer
“My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.” FirstsFatherDadMy DadHonestlyProtestActivistPhysicistStanford Author:Joan Baez
“I don't really remember much before was eight, but I do remember that my dad brought me to drop me off at my grandmother's house, and he was a very emotional guy, but that was the first time I really saw him cry, cos I knew it killed him to have to give me up, but he knew I needed some family structure. That was the last time I'd see him or talk to him when he was sober for the next 10 years.” GivingYearsFirstsLastsRememberGuyNextHouseSawsCryEmotionalNeededDadFirst TimeGive MeStructureMy DadEightGrandmotherLast TimeSoberMy Grandmother Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child to have foreseen the iPad or Twitter!” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDadComputerProgramMy DadNineIpadsForeseen Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every day, or every week, to start getting into the good habits?” FirstsKidsRolesWeekMomHabitDadModelsRole ModelsGood Habits Author:Michelle Obama
“I wanted to be a jockey. I'm serious. First time I got on a horse, I loved it. That's what I wanted to be, but my dad asked me to start performing with my family.” FirstsWantedSeriousDadFirst TimeMy FamilyHorseMy DadPerformingJockeys Author:Janet Jackson
“My dad fought in Korea. It was one of the first stories I remember hearing about.” FirstsStoriesRememberDadMy DadHearingKorea Author:Paul Beatty
“I had the good fortune to direct my first professional production with one of my Dad's masterpieces, The Man Who Came To Dinner. What it taught me was how beautifully the Kaufman and Hart plays are constructed: with economy, and wit, and warmth, and a sensibility, and heart/Hart that appeals to every stripe of theatregoers. It was a gift that can't be underestimated.” MenFirstsHeartPlayEconomyTaughtHe ManDadDirectFortuneMy DadProductionsDinnerWitAppealsWarmthSensibilityMasterpieceGood FortuneUnderestimatedStripesHart Author:Chris Hart
“My dad got me my first pair of boots. It was a big occasion for us to go to the shopping centre. It was an exciting time to make sure you got the right ones.” FirstsBigsDadExcitingMy DadOccasionsPairsShoppingBootsCentre Author:Peter Crouch
“My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years.” YearsFirstsHoursGenerationsFashionDadMy DadImmigrantsTypical Author:George Michael
“The first movie I can remember ever seeing was Hard Times with Charles Bronson and James Coburn. My dad also introduced me to the likes of Jimmy Cagney... John Garfield... Robert Ryan... Steve McQueen... James Caan... Those are my fondest memories.” FirstsI CanHardRememberMemoriesSeeingDadMy DadLikesHard TimesJimmyMcqueenGarfield Author:Mark Wahlberg
“When I did my first solo show and it made my dad uncomfortable, I wasn't quite ready for my spotlight moment in my life yet. I didn't have enough sense of myself and self-esteem and confidence: this is when I started looking to get my master's in something.” FirstsMadeSelfEnoughMomentsShowsSelf EsteemReadyMastersDadMy DadEsteemUncomfortableSoloSpotlightSelf Esteem And Confidence Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Hockey is an amazing sport and it has definitely had a positive impact on my life. But my dad always said school comes first, and if I didn't do well in school I didn't get to play hockey.” IfsFirstsWellsSaidPlaySchoolSportsDadImpactMy DadHockeyPositive Impact Author:P. K. Subban
“The current economic climate means getting out of college is no guarantee of getting a job, and no guarantee of a satisfying work life. My Dad feels that this is the first generation of Americans that expects that there children will have a harder time then they did. That's a fascinating concept.” FeelsFirstsMeanChildrenJobsGenerationsEconomicCollegeDadConceptsHarderClimateMy DadCurrentsGuaranteesFascinatingSatisfyingSatisfying WorkEconomic Climate Author:Lena Dunham