“If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.” IfsFeelsFirstsBelieveProblemI BelieveStuffDadDecidedMy DadSober Author:Jack Osbourne
“My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor.” KnowsStuffSuccessfulNeededDadUnionsMy DadGradesContractorEighth Grade Author:Mitch Pileggi
“My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.” KindWantedSchoolStuffParentMy OwnFiguresDadLet MeMy DadLecturesDyslexic Author:Georgia May Jagger
“My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindBigsWantedStuffParentCitiesLordComedyFansDadJazzMy DadLakesSaltHipsterBeatnikSalt Lake City Author:Judd Apatow
“My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that.” LittlesShowsUsedMotherSongFatherHouseStuffRocksDadMusicianInstrumentsMy DadSingersLatinRock And RollBrooklyn Author:Bruno Mars
“I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.” ThinkingKnowsMenMadeUsedStuffMomGoes OnDadProvidersGood DadGood Mom Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“He loves power. He loves control because others, you know, dad and stuff like that, but he's just a great guy. He's just a great guy.” KnowsGuyPoliticsStuffDadNorth KoreaPower Of LoveGreat Guy Author:Dennis Rodman
“My dad is a very snappy dresser; he gets all his stuff tailored. He's an architect, so he's a little more artistically minded.” LittlesStuffDadMy DadArchitectTailoredDressers Author:Mindy Kaling
“Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.” HouseStuffDadMy Dad Author:Damon Wayans, Jr.
“Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.” KnowsHomeBodyUsedStuffSawsDadMurderPatientMy DadUsed To BeShockedAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Ellie Goulding
“I've listened to Dylan my entire life. My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. It opened up a whole world of this music that I'm now obsessed with.” WorldKindWholeStuffFansHugeDadCatMy DadWhole WorldObsessedBobDylan Author:Oscar Isaac
“I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun.” WayFirstsKidsSchoolFunStuffCuttingWifeDadFirst TimeMy DadMy WifeCooksMakersItalianKnivesSauceOld SchoolPastaHomemadeNoodlesItalian FoodMeatballsMy Wife And Kids Author:Joey Fatone
“When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.” YearsArtDifferentFeltStuffMissingBrotherDadTenMovedMy DadVariousDifferent ThingsMartial ArtsGave UpJudoMissing OutKickboxing Author:Scott Adkins
“Dad loves my stuff. No matter how many times my voice cracks or I miss a tap, he doesn't care. He's like some businessman making it to his kid's recital.” MatterCareKidsStuffVoiceMissingDadCracksBusinessmanRecitalsDad LoveHe Doesn't Care Author:Peter DeLuise
“I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of Fox News every day and stuff like that.” StuffParentHoursWatchesFiveGrewDadSixGrew UpNewsMy DadFoxesRight WingOhioFox NewsCincinnati Ohio Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt
“Like most kids, my dad played. He would drag us out to the course and make us shag balls for him and caddy and all that kind of stuff.” KindKidsCoursesStuffDadBallsMy DadDrag Author:Tom Lehman
“It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'” MightUsedStuffSimpleFrontsListeningDadSittingTeaEggsClassical MusicLawnsStravinsky Author:Jennifer Grant
“I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a saxophone hobbyist who grew up in England during the heyday of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. I started taking piano lessons from my Mom, but it's too easy to slack off with your parent, so she passed me on to a friend of hers, where I got more motivated to play music by playing pop hits and TV themes. I did some classical training, but I was always more into the really thematic stuff.” PlayEasyStuffParentTeacherTvsGrewMomDadLessonsGrew UpTrainingEnglandMusicalMy MomPopsPianoThemeMotivatedPortionsSaxophonePiano LessonThematicHeydayPiano Teachers Author:Gerard Cox
“I wrote a letter to my Dad - I wrote, "I really enjoy being here," but I accidentally wrote rarely instead of really. But I still wanted to use it, so I wrote, "I rarely drive steamboats, Dad - there's a lot of stuff you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator." This letter took a harsh turn right away.” KnowsTryingStillsUseHumorWantedFunnyTurnsStuffEnjoyDadLettersMy DadQuittingHarshOperatorsSteamboats Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I love working with my dad, but I need to be independent and do my own stuff.” NeedsStuffMy OwnDadIndependentMy Dad Author:Rob Reiner
“When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said.” KnowsSaidStuffDadPopsDinner Author:Yogi Berra
“I sampled a bit of stuff from my dad's collection. He has probably a bigger record collection than I do. I try to buy as much as possible, because I've never been able to keep an MP3 collection organized. I like to keep my computers as clean as possible.” TryingAbleStuffBitsRecordsDadComputerBiggerCleanMy DadOrganizedCollectionsMp3 Author:Girl Talk
“It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.” IfsArtIdeasDifferentSchoolGirlStuffCarDadProjectsJailWeekendNormArt SchoolYour DadArt Projects Author:Anthony Mackie
“Growing up working with my dad, I really had no interest in doing the actual work, so I was always like drawing on the wood, doing stuff like that. It just has a real hands-on approach.” RealHandsStuffInterestGrowing UpGrowingDadApproachMy DadWoodsDrawing Author:Eddie Martinez
“I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that I do with my dad. He teaches me acting, and I think maybe without him it would be pretty hard. I started acting for fun, really, because my dad's an actor and my sister's an actor, so I started doing it and it was normal. But it got places really fast, and I started doing feature film auditions and stuff.” IfsThinkingHardWould BeFilmActorsFunStuffActingTeachInspireDadNormalMy DadFeaturesMy SisterAuditions Author:Kodi Smit-McPhee
“It's like a relay race of being ignored. It is really challenging, but whenever I get asked that stuff, I feel really self-conscious about it. I feel really lucky because we have a lot of help. When I first began to be a dad with Gwen [Stefani], I was amazed at what she went through.” FeelsFirstsSelfHelpingStuffChallengesRaceDadLuckyConsciousAmazedIgnoredSelf ConsciousRelaysBeing IgnoredRelay Races Author:Gavin Rossdale
“Him [my dad] bringing me to the clubhouse when I was young helped me out because I see what they do in baseball and what it's about. He pretty much told me all this stuff when I was younger. Now it's just a matter of doing it.” MatterYoungStuffDadBaseballMy Dad Author:Prince Fielder
“I was raised by a single dad, so I've always just kind of liked "guys" stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.” ThinkingKindGuyStuffDadRaisedMy DadSingle Dad Author:Aisha Tyler
“My dad studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago, so he lived on all those streets. He said the war probably saved his life because he'd have ended up a dead musician, with all the crazy stuff they did on Rush Street back in the day.” SaidWarStuffCrazyStreetsDadMusicianMy DadSavedChicagoBack In The DayConservatory Author:Kim Basinger
“I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.” KidsSchoolFatherStuffSonBrokenDadStoresStampsGroceriesFather SonShowing UpGrocery StoresFood StampsBroken Family Author:Dave Mustaine
“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
“My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that.” MenKidsFacesStuffSleepDadMy FriendsYour FaceMagnetToothbrushesPillowcases Author:Hugh Jackman
“I bought my parents some stuff. That feels kind of good to be able to do that. I got them a place in Florida. I think I'm allowed to say that - I hope my dad doesn't get mad at me. But I don't spend money on myself. I don't like myself enough yet. But the people I love, I like spending the cash on them.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindEnoughAbleStuffParentDadMadMy DadSpendingCashFlorida Author:Adam Sandler
“On working with his father in Pursuit of Happyness: It was fun having that experience with my dad 'cause he really taught me a lot of the stuff that he knows. Almost everything he knows about acting in that one movie.” KnowsFatherFunCausesStuffActingTaughtDadMy DadPursuit Author:Jaden Smith
“My humor was kind of from my dad and all the stuff that we went through, which was a lot of death. My humor was an escape.” KindStuffDadMy Dad Author:Bob Saget
“How far would you go for someone you love ? I heard this story, about this woman, who actually lifted a car off of her baby. 'Course I would have said, Dude! Back up. But, wasn't my kid. When I was born, if I'd have known all the stuff my dad was going to do for me, I'd have crawled right back in.” IfsSaidStoriesKidsCoursesStuffBornKnownHeardCarBabyDadMy DadOne You LoveSomeone You Love Author:Christopher Titus
“I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then you see me, you'll see where I got a lot of my stuff.” KindStuffComedyStageDadRaisedMy DadStoresComedian Author:Pauly Shore
“At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to measure my success - not how I did as counsel to the president or as attorney general. How did I do as a dad?” FeelsImportantEndsKidsStuffPresidentRealizingDadThe End Of The DayAttorney Author:Alberto Gonzales
“My dad's an actor. Ever since I was little, I'd watch him do it, and I was always very into it. I got into when I was about two years old. I started out with print work, doing modeling and stuff. Then I got into commercials and TV. Once I started, I loved doing it. It's just something that I've continuted over the years, and I love it.” YearsLittlesTwoActorsStuffWatchesTvsDadMy DadTwo YearsPrintModelingTwo Year Olds Author:Corbin Bleu
“My dad used to open up photo albums and stuff and you'd have to tell a story about the picture but you couldn't tell the truth so you had to make up a story about whatever you were looking at. He really taught us how to lie.” StoriesUsedLyingStuffTaughtDadMy DadAlbumsTelling The TruthTaught Us Author:Sara Quin
“I buy mainly Beatles bootlegs and stuff like that. I'm hoping I can go there today. My dad buys my drawings and he re-sells them for quite a bit more and then he puts the money in my savings. I just draw all the time and he buys and I get a lot money [laughs]. It's great. My dad's my best manager I ever had. If I get richer, I'd like to be able to buy more of the real collectible Beatles things. I just need a little more money to be a higher class collector [laughs].” IfsNeedsLittlesI CanRealTodayAbleStuffBitsClassLaughingDadHigherDrawsSellsMy DadDrawingSavingManagersMore MoneySavingsGet RichCollectorsBest ManagerCollectibles Author:Daniel Johnston
“My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade.” WritingPlaySongStuffTaughtBrotherDadBandGuitarMy DadPianoGradesAcousticsOlder Brother Author:Conor Oberst
“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
“Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.” LittlesArtFilmArtistHouseStuffParentActingCareersDadAmbitionIndependentPhotographerMy DadCreditCinemaVisualsMumSupportiveIndependent FilmVisual ArtGood FilmsVisual Artist Author:Mia Wasikowska
“And that was always my father's favorite part about shooting as well. Often my dad would shoot very, very late, he was quite a workaholic, they would do 20, 20-hour shoots and stuff like that.” WellsFatherStuffHoursDadLateMy DadShootingWorkaholic Author:Brian Henson
“One day I was in the studio with my cousin. My dad was on tour at the time, so just for fun I recorded some stuff with my cousin. We were just playing around. After my dad got back, one day he played what we recorded. He heard my part and was like, "Who is that?" My cousin was like, "Uh, that's your son!" So he was like, "That's hot. You wanna make a record?"” FunStuffRecordsHeardSonDadOne DayHotMy DadStudiosCousinYour SonMy CousinPlaying AroundJust For Fun Author:Lil Romeo
“I was going through some stuff regarding my mom and dad. There was 30 years difference [between them], so when you hear the lyric, "Girl I love you / You know I do / And I do not doubt / That you love me too / But you're so young / Your life has just begun", that's what I was wondering. They were married for 44 years.” KnowsYearsYoungGirlStuffDifferencesWonderDoubtLove YouMomDadMarriedMy MomMom And Dad Author:Andy Kim
“I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer.” PeopleFeelsStuffMomDadCreatingExcitingMy DadMy MomArtisticPerformersExciting Things Author:Jillian Hervey
“As we're growing and stuff, it's been amazing to feel so embraced and have them be so excited. I definitely leaned into my dad a little more starting out because once we actually started to get those people knocking on our doors and emailing.” PeopleFeelsLittlesStuffGrowingDoorsDadMy DadStartingExcitedKnockingStarting Out Author:Jillian Hervey