“I always wished my dad was there to intimidate my boyfriends or something. It's supposed to be your dad giving your guys friends the stink-eye for sneaking beer through your house, not your mom.” GivingEyeGuyHouseMomDadMy DadSupposed To BeBeerIntimidatingYour MomStinkMy BoyfriendYour DadGuy Friend Author:Iliza Shlesinger
“I consider myself a modern-day dad, where I still got rock'n'roll in me, but yet I take being a parent and relationships very seriously in life. I'm tired of the image of the father as a fat, beer-chugging, stupid guy. That image has to change. I'm changing it, baby, one city at a time.” StillsGuyFatherParentCitiesModernRocksStupidBabyDadTiredFatsBeerRock N RollI'm TiredBeing A ParentModern DayStupid Guy Author:Jim Breuer
“I'm a little of everything, a concerned dad, faith-based guy, businessman, entertainer and journalist. I don't have formal training as a journalist, but I think that works to my advantage.” ThinkingLittlesGuyDadTrainingAdvantageConcernedJournalistFormalBusinessmanEntertainersFaith Based Author:Glenn Beck
“My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.” ThinkingHardWould BeGuyParentHoursDadEthicsMy DadRidiculousWork EthicThat Guy Author:Bill Burr
“I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsMadeSaidPlayGuyActorsSonKingsDadTerribleSixShoesGood ActorsSix Year OldsBrosMarioSuper Mario Author:Dennis Hopper
“To me, my Dad's the greatest guy - next to Jesus Christ - who ever walked this planet. He's been that outstanding male role model in my life. And he's still the same guy I grew up around, very conscious of the image he sets forth. As he would say, 'Wouldn't do anything behind your back that I wouldn't do to your face.'” StillsFacesGuyNextJesusChristBehindsRolesPlanetsGrewDadGrew UpModelsConsciousJesus ChristMalesMy DadYour FaceRole ModelsOutstandingBehind Your BackMale Role Models Author:Aaron Tippin
“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
“[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
“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
“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 really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesRememberArtistGuyFeltBitsFocusTaughtDadMembersLateLittle BitDown AndCamerasScriptsWoodsMakeupOld DaysSpillsFamily MembersSupervisorsMakeup Artist Author:Jodie Foster
“My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.” LittlesGuyArmsDadMy DadTattooScottish Author:Scott Raab
“My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.” WorldLittlesWantedGuyRichDadPaperMy DadArchitectPhiladelphia Author:Kevin Bacon
“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
“Who I am is a dad and a family guy. When I look in the mirror and talk to myself, that's what I want to reflect.” WantLooksGuyDadMirrorsWho I AmFamily Guy Author:Michael Buble
“It's the difference between someone who loves you more than anything in the world giving you criticism and getting it from some bitter stranger on the Internet. What my dad said to me was the kind of criticism where I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm on the wrong track." I'm so grateful to him for doing that. He was such a no-nonsense guy in that sense.” WorldGivingKindSaidGuyDifferencesLove YouInternetDadCriticismGratefulMy DadTrackStrangerBitterNonsenseSo GratefulLove You MoreNo Nonsense Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“In fact, I told our dear friends, the Burrell boys, five boys lived next door to us. "Why, we don't see your dad anymore?" "Oh, yeah. Yeah. He" - I lied. I said, "He comes home at night when you guys are in bed. He gets us up and we play." I said it so much that I started to believe it myself, you know?” KnowsBelieveSaidPlayFactsHomeNightGuyNextBoysFiveDoorsDadBedYeahDearComing HomeLiedDear FriendYour Dad Author:Bryan Cranston
“With all the new technology, DVD's, Blu-Ray's, NetFlex, everyone has access to older movies. There is a new generation now of Freddy fans. Fathers that saw the movie originally, these guys are dads now, and they let their kids watch them.” KidsGuyFatherWatchesTechnologySawsGenerationsFansDadAccessRaysNew TechnologyNew GenerationDvds Author:Robert Englund
“Knowing that I am out here, with a full open heart, travelling and living my dream with my guys playing music, that allows me to come home and be a better man, a better dad, knowing that I am fulfilling what I have always wanted to do.” MenHeartHomeDreamWantedGuyKnowingDadComing HomeFulfillingPlaying MusicOpen HeartBetter Man Author:Granger Smith
“My dad was in the Korean War. He got shot seven times. He had seven bullet holes in him. And out of his troop of 35 guys, he was one of nine guys that came back. And when he came back from that he had seven kids in seven years.” YearsWarKidsGuyDadShotsSevenMy DadNineHolesBulletsSeven YearsKoreanKorean War Author:Ryan McGinley
“It's of being alone with my dad. He drove a truck for a living. But he had a few free hours in the middle of the day, between the morning shift and the late afternoon shift. Because I was the youngest of nine, I could have him all to myself when they were at school. We'd watch movies at home, or go to the movies, and he introduced me to the guys who still inspire me today.” StillsHomeTodaySchoolGuyHoursWatchesMorningMiddleInspireDadLateMy DadNineAfternoonTruckWatch MovieLate Afternoon Author:Mark Wahlberg
“My dad once told me that he would rather I had an old boyfriend than a tall boyfriend. I don't know why, I think he's just feels stressed by... He' not that short I just think the idea of a really tall guy is super anxiety producing to him. And now I'm with neither old guy nor a very tall guy. So everything has worked out perfectly.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsIdeasGuyDadAnxietyMy DadTallStressedOld GuysOld BoyfriendTall Guys Author:Lena Dunham
“There was a guy with mental illness in the middle of the street just yelling and hollering. I have a number that I can call - it's not 911 - to tell them, "You need to help this man get out of the street." But you have to be that person, you have to pick up the phone, you have to do it; you can't just walk by and act like they're not people. They're somebody's kid, somebody's dad, somebody's brother.” PeopleMenHelpingKidsGuyBrotherDadIllnessMental Illness Author:Lori Petty
“Look, any guy who tells you that he didn't have some fears is lying. Of course, it's scary becoming a dad for a variety of reasons. That's not to say it isn't thrilling. It was. It was very exciting and in some ways was the greatest thing that's happened in my life. But it's also completely terrifying and you're saying goodbye to a portion of your life and that's just an emotional experience.” ReasonLyingGuyEmotionalDadExcitingScaryVarietyGoodbyeSaying Goodbye Author:Jason Reitman
“The ticket out of the Depression was an education, a college degree. It really didn't matter if you knew anything. You just had to have the degree. My dad, up until the last two years of his life, thought he had failed miserably with me 'cause I didn't go to college. I mean, you've seen postgame interviews with the star of the game and the players always talk about how proud his parents are because he's the first guy in his family ever to attend college. I'm the first in my family not to! I'm the first of my family not to have a degree. It's thrown everybody for a loop.” MeanGuyParentPlayerCollegeProudDadMy FamilyMy DadThoughts On LifeCollege Degree Author:Rush Limbaugh
“At the core of these movies, Saw One and Saw Two, it's a very real situation. A guy cheats on his wife and didn't value what he had. It's the same thing in my story. Being a dad and playing someone whose last words to his son were 'go to hell'. I say to my son, the last thing I say is 'I love you'.” RealGuyValuesSituationWifeLove YouSonDadMy SonCheatLast Words Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of Lofton Greene - he was a guy that my dad was familiar with. He was from our hometown. And I watched the game and I said I didn't see this guy doing a lot of coaching. And my dad told me, well, it's just like a teacher - which he was - he said if you do a good job teaching during the week, when they take the test on Friday, that's not the time you have to do a lot of demonstrative things.” SchoolGuyTeacherWeekTeachingDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadCoachesFamiliarCoachingGood JobFridayHometownVery Famous Author:Tony Dungy
“Even in the 1960's, look at the minority percent of those kids being raised without a father. It was around 20 percent. America is at 80% today. I think the government is to blame for that. I think the media is to blame for that. I think you have to look at television shows and sitcoms. How do they portray fathers? They are dopey. They are dumb. They are fat. The mom is hot and the kids make fun of dad, and mom makes fun of dad. We have just relegated his role to be sort of the dumpy loser guy. And we need to get that back.” ThinkingKidsTodayGuyFatherFunMomDadHotBlameDumbLoserSitcom Author:Kevin Sorbo
“My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.” GuyFatherDadHollywoodMy DadMotorcycle Author:Shia LaBeouf
“My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.” ThinkingKindRealGuyGamesDadMy DadSense Of HumorHockeyDedicatedWayneGreat Guy Author:Denis Leary
“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.” KindGuyDadMy DadPoliteCourteous Author:Paul McCartney
“I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring.” FirstsGuySawsDadFirst TimeMy DadAfrican AmericanStaring Author:Glenn Beck