“I started acting when I was, like, three. My brother was really smart, and he wasnt being challenged enough, so my mom put him in the theater class. And I obviously followed him.” EnoughThreeActingClassBrotherMomSmartTheaterMy MomMy BrotherReally Smart Author:Nolan Gould
“I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.” ThinkingKnowsWould BeStrongRolesMomModelsSmartIndependentMy MomRole ModelsIndependent WomenHepburnGood Role Models Author:Gillian Jacobs
“Adam Roberts is an original: smart, funny, talented, endlessly inquisitive, an A student and, happily for us, an A+ teacher. Everyone from beginner cooks to sure hands will learn something new on each page. And even if, like Adam's mom's, your stove stores shoes and handbags, you'll still be charmed by Secrets-it's a great read.” IfsStillsHandsSecretTeacherStudentsMomPagesSmartOriginalsShoesStoresCooksSomething NewAdamBeginnersStovesCharmedInquisitiveHandbags Author:Dorie Greenspan
“It's like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful, like Mom just trying to make the best of things.” MenTryingCharacterMomDadSmartFemaleMessHopefulFemale Characters Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“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
“My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'” SaidBabyMomSmartMy MomSmarter Author:Katee Sackhoff
“My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.” KnowsSelfBeautifulWifeInfluenceMomSmartFeySelf Deprecating Author:Laura Benanti
“The Daily Show writers are incredibly smart and very well plugged-in but occasionally they would need me for certain specific things, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I completely know how to do that; I can solve that problem,and then I'd be like, 'Mom?” KnowsNeedsWellsI CanShowsProblemCertainKnow HowMomSmartYeahSolveDaily Show Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I'd like to be remembered as someone who was smart in business, works hard, and can be sexy and a mom. A powerful but still sexy, nonconforming woman.” StillsHardPowerfulHard WorkMomSmartSexyRemembered Author:Kim Kardashian
“My mom's a chemist, so she's pretty smart. I love technology and I can handle myself around a computer.” I CanTechnologyMomComputerSmartMy MomHandleChemist Author:Lucas Till
“My mom started understanding how many people take advantage of a child, so she hired smart people to protect me in that way. I'm happy that when I was younger, people protected me and put me in a position where I can now control my music.” PeopleWayChildrenI CanUnderstandingPositionMomProtectSmartAdvantageMy MomProtectedSmart People Author:Miley Cyrus
“The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because I am a person who went to 15 different elementary and middle schools. I moved all the time, often having to run out in the middle of the night because my mom couldn't pay the bills. There were schools where I'd be the poor loser kid. There were schools where I'd suddenly be the smart kid or the cool kid, although that was very seldom.” ThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentRunningKidsSchoolNightSocialPoorPayMiddleIdentityMomSmartPerformancesBillsMovedMy MomPerformingObsessedLoserMiddle Of The NightMiddle SchoolCool KidSmart Kid Author:Robert Greene
“I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. My grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. She never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. And she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. She trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career.” PeopleWayMadeTwoEndsHardKidsSchoolCoursesPresidentCareersSacrificeCollegeMomBecomingNeededSmartRaisedGlassesVicesLocalsGrandmotherBossSecretaryMy GrandmotherCeilingsWhipsVice PresidentSingle MomCollege EducationGlass Ceiling Author:Barack Obama
“Nastassja Kinski is a sweetie. She's very quiet. But smart. I hung out with her mother more than Nastassja. I think Nastassja was more worried about Paul Schrader and doing the part in The Cat People, so her mom and I kind of became friends.” PeopleThinkingKindMotherMomQuietSmartCatWorriedHung Author:John Heard
“My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.” SaidPayCreativeMomTaxesSmartLet MeMy MomChampionBe CreativeGroundedBasketsVery Smart Author:Queen Latifah