“So when your mom walks in, turn down the volume and act like you're doing your homework.” TurnsWalksEducationLike YouMomVolumeHomeworkYour Mom Author:Willie D
“I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.” WantTryingKindMomentsEnergyCrazyLike YouMomAmountRidiculousDrivingGymnasticsDrive Me Crazy Author:Alicia Sacramone
“When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.” CareLike YouMomSickTake CareYour Mom Author:Trisha Yearwood
“When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where I am. Why I'm here. My moms and my brother and my old man. I can just think about the character's life and try and figure out what's gonna happen. Plus when you're in a group home you pretty much can't go anywhere, right? But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWayFeelsTryingDoeI CanBookCharacterHomeHappensMy OwnGroupsFiguresAdventureBrotherLike YouMomMadFollowingMy MomMy BrotherPlusOld ManMy Own LifeMain CharactersNerdy Author:Matt de la Pena
“I drew when I was very, very young. My mom kept stuff I drew when I was 2 and a half years old, because it looked like, you know, like a jaguar as opposed to a cheetah.” KnowsYearsYoungStuffHalfLike YouMomMy MomHalf A YearJaguarsCheetahs Author:Dan Povenmire
“I remember asking my mom, "Do you think that I will ever have enough money to live outside of your house?" And she would be like, "You just never know."” ThinkingKnowsEnoughWould BeRememberHouseLike YouMomAskingMy Mom Author:Lena Dunham
“All moms need confidants who are in their shoes and can relate to what they're going through. You need a night out together to be who you are, and not feel like you have to be the career woman, wife and mommy--all at once. After all, we're not superwomen.” NeedsFeelsTogetherNightCareersWifeLike YouMomWho You AreShoesRelateBe Who You AreCareer WomenConfidantSuperwomanSuper Woman Author:Jessica Alba
“I played the mom in Spy Kids when I was, like, 27. So it was ridiculous. But [Robert Rodriguez] was like, "You know what? If we do our job right, no one will question it." And nobody did.” IfsKnowsKidsJobsLike YouMomRidiculousWhat IfSpy Author:Carla Gugino
“You know Moms has been accused of liking young men, and I'm guilty.” KnowsMenHas BeensYoungLike YouMomGuiltyYoung ManAccused Author:Moms Mabley
“My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'” PeopleWantNeedsMadeYoungLike YouMomMy MomConcertsPerformersSpears Author:Avril Lavigne
“I have had viewers that come up to me, and they're, like, "You know, we used to watch ('Breaking Bad') as a family, and once the melted body came falling through the ceiling, my mom was just, like, 'I can't watch this show anymore. This is just way too disturbing for me.' So it's not for everybody.” KnowsWayI CanShowsBodyUsedFallWatchesLike YouMomCome UpMy MomViewersDisturbingCeilings Author:Aaron Paul
“My mom's always saying really smart things... like, you probably heard this one, 'Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?' Wish I'd listened to that one.” WishHeardLike YouMomSmartMy MomMilkCowsReally Smart Author:Amy Schumer
“Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.” WellsMeanLittlesCultureTechnologyLike YouMomLateConfusedMainstreamYour MomMainstream Culture Author:Chris Hardwick
“I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.” WantMadeWholeWould BeRealizingReligiousLike YouMomJokesCrossesMy MomAll TimeAffectedNecklacesPhoto Shoots Author:Kate Upton
“My family is Mormon. I'm not Mormon, but my family is, and my mom was like, "You're doing a show called Lucifer?! But I will admit, he is handsome, so I'll watch it."” ShowsWatchesLike YouMomMy FamilyMy MomHandsomeLucifer Author:Len Wiseman
“My mom [comes] to see my shows because she's so proud, but I'm talking about losing my virginity, my ex-wife and our sexual problems, and she's sitting in the front row smiling. I just go, "Mom, you can't sit in the front row, you can't smile. You have to go way in the back and dress in black. If I see you it's like you're breaking in when I'm having sex with my wife. It's just wrong."” IfsWayShowsProblemSexBlackTalkingWifeFrontsLike YouMomProudLosingSittingDressesMy MomMy WifeExesVirginityHaving SexEx Wife Author:John Leguizamo
“We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your mother, grandmothers, your family around would help. Now, you're surrounded by other moms and friends and it's really disorienting, because there's such varying, crazy, different points of view and advice coming at you.” DifferentHelpingUsedMotherParentViewsCrazyAdviceLike YouMomPoint Of ViewUsed To BeOur FamilyGrandmotherBeing A ParentDifferent Points Of View Author:Kathryn Hahn
“My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.'” PeopleFirstsKindMeanLongSaidFeelingsSupportEmotionalLike YouMomIndustryLong TimeMy MomAcceptedCooksKitchenOne TimeBeing ThankfulMusic IndustryAdjustingSupport SystemsEmotional SupportCooks In The Kitchen Author:Jillian Hervey
“It's at my mom's house! She keeps everything. We were talking about it the other day - I threw something away, like our passes from Hollywood Horror Nights, and she was like, "Where are they?" I was like, "I threw them out." She was like, "You are just not the sentimental type."” NightHouseTalkingLike YouMomTypeHorrorHollywoodMy MomSentimental Author:Jodi Sweetin
“[Kurt] Vonnegut once said, if you ever want to know who somebody is... Like you look at Richard Nixon, or Adolf Hitler, or Ralph Nader, or anybody who seems like a difficult person to understand, and is therefore not part of the pattern of human behavior. Think about who they were in high school, and they will explain themselves to you. So we got a hold of, like, 50 high-school yearbooks, including my mom's from 1925 or something, and we discovered that they're all the same.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantHumansLooksPersonsSaidSeemsSchoolDifficultLike YouMomBehaviorHigh SchoolIncludingPatternsMy MomHuman BehaviorYearbookHigh School Yearbook Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some state school, and go out into the workplace, and you know she's great, and men are getting paid $200 per week more than her? Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, I don't want to hear it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantStatesHomeSchoolJobsAsksLostWalksLevelsWifeWeekLike YouMomDaughterPaidMalesShoesMilesWhat IfWorkplaceGood JobHarvardYour MomOur DaughterCrippledYour Daughter Author:Pam Grier
“I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my dad, and we didn't all watch TV together like we should've, like you hope for, like you've seen on TV, and I wanted to make it for moms and dads and their kids. That was always my goal. And then I wanted to put real things in it. We did a thing about the homeless and won a Humanitas award for that.” MindRealReasonKidsTogetherGoalLike YouMomDadMy DadVery GoodHomelessCartoonMom And DadGood Relationship Author:Louie Anderson