“I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about the business. She married my stepdad when I was about four, and he had been an actor. Because I was a really smiley kid and could read, which is something they're always looking for, she just decided to give it a shot.” GivingKidsActorsFourStageMomMarriedShotsDecidedMy MomModelingSmileyStepdads Author:Charlotte Arnold
“I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring.” KnowsNeedsHumansKindActionMotherHouseStrongTermHeardStageMomCaringCriticalSpeakersHuman HistoryDescribingYour MomNancyStrength And Love Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.” ShowsFourMinutesStageMomSpeedHoneyInvitationsEd Sullivan Author:Moms Mabley
“I do whatever comes my way. But I get burned out on stage. It's a lonely world. I think part of the romanticism about being on the road is you get to meet a lot of - my mom once told me, "You've probably got a woman at every port." Like I'm a pirate. Obviously she doesn't know her son that well.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWellsStageSonMomLonelyMy MomMy WayBurnedPirateRomanticismPortBurned OutLonely World Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too.” WantHelpingWinningStruggleStageMomDadMy FamilyMy MomMom And DadBulgaria Author:Leah LaBelle
“I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.” PeopleMadeKidsFoundAttentionStageChangedMomJokesMy MomEightMonstersNineLikesShyShellsSneakers Author:Justin Timberlake
“I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about, and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.” HelpingSongAsksPrayerLordPracticeStageHonestMomMy MomWarmTechniqueBeing HonestHelp Me Author:Jackie Evancho
“I didn't have a stage mom at all. I was the one who planned out my auditions and drove myself an hour and a half into the city.” HoursCitiesHalfStageMomAuditions Author:Nina Dobrev
“I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music?... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.” LittlesHas BeensInspirationVoiceStageMomMy MomStorytellingMassiveOperaComposerGrandmaPhantomsAndrewMy GrandmaSomber Author:Lady Gaga
“It's hard either way, at home or on the bus, I think the hardest thing probably for me is going one second from being mom to right out on the stage and having to be that person too. It's hard to switch gears.” ThinkingWayPersonsHardHomeStageMomHardestBusHardest ThingGears Author:Lee Ann Womack
“I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my head that my mom made - that was the first time I was ever on stage singing in front of anybody. I realized that I was one of the best acts of the night but I didn't give singing much thought after that. I was really into playing baseball.” GivingFirstsLittlesMadeNightSunStageFrontsMomSingingFirst TimeBaseballMy MomI RealizedStaffRobesPlaying Baseball Author:Gonjasufi
“In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me.” PlayTogetherThreeStarsChanceSpecialStageBrotherMomPitching Author:Rashida Jones
“As a mom, what I found so disturbing were the things that were being said on a national stage - I mean, literally on the stage and off the stage, around the convention about women, about minorities, about Muslims, about immigrants.” MeanSaidFoundStageMomMinoritiesImmigrantsConventionsDisturbingAnd Off Author:Chelsea Clinton
“'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also has long-suffering adult pros, with a whiff of thirtysomething despair in their voices. That adds an edge of realness.” LongYoungSufferingVoiceStageMomFitDespairAdultsAddEdgesSingersInnocentIdolsMoldPsychoRealnessLong Suffering Author:Rob Sheffield