“Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'” SaidFacesStarsSunBabyMomEnlightenmentCreditYour Face Author:Ming-Na Wen
“You'll never see me at the launch of the new PlayStation or some club. For me, the fun stuff is being able to get my mom tickets to 'Dancing With the Stars' - she loves Mario Lopez.” AbleFunStarsStuffMomDancingClubsMy MomTicketsMarioPlaystationDancing With The StarsFun Stuff Author:America Ferrera
“I turned to my mom and said, Im going to be a martial arts movie star. She didnt believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.” TryingBelieveArtSaidDiesStarsGrowsMomDadDecidedMy DadMy MomMartial ArtsBelieve In MePhasesMovie Star Author:Scott Adkins
“My mom's gonna be the biggest star - mark my words right now!” StarsMomRight NowMarkMy Mom Author:Vinny Guadagnino
“My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino, my co-star, about how nervous I was because I didn't know how my mom would react. She said, 'Can I be completely honest with you? I've seen your mom in interviews, and she seems pretty screwed up. I don't think there's much you could do to shock a broad like that.' And from that moment on it was big nipples to the wind!” ThinkingKnowsFirstsSaidMomentsBigsSeemsStarsActingKnow HowPiecesHonestWindMomPerformancesMy MomActressesNakedNervousCinemaInterviewsShockThat MomentBroadsBiographiesShockingYour MomNudityScrewed UpNipples Author:Ashley Judd
“I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.” HumansPersonsStillsEndsPlayArtistStarsHuman BeingsSimpleStreetsRocksMomWalkingAspectGuitarElectricRock StarSimple LifeElectric Guitar Author:Patti Smith
“I think if you listen to our records, they come at different points in your life. When people say to me that Stars records have themes, I think what they mean is we write songs - or try to write songs - that are timeless. We try to write songs that catch you at the right time in your life, and that you can hold on to. We write kitchen sink songs. If you're doing the dishes or you're driving to your mom's funeral, or if you're getting over having done MDMA and you feel sad, you can listen to Stars because we're not going to demand of you that you be cool.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingTryingMeanDifferentDoneSongStarsRecordsMomDemandDrivingKitchenThemeFuneralDishesTimelessRight TimeYour MomBeing CoolKitchen Sinks Author:Torquil Campbell
“As Cindy Sheehan was gathering public sympathy as the Gold Star mom against the killing in Iraq, the Republican party decided to import an easier target to pummel. So they brought over the 'I-salute-your-courage, Saddam' religious fundamentalist crack-pot who can't tell us where the money went.” StarsReligiousPartyMomEasierRepublicanDecidedGoldKillingIraqTargetCracksPotRepublican PartySaddamGatheringFundamentalistImportsSaluteCindy Author:Greg Palast
“My mom on Pitbull: 'I'm glad he's a star, b/c if he wasn't and I just saw him on the street I'd think he was going to steal from me.'” IfsThinkingStarsSawsStreetsMomMy MomGladStealing Author:Sasheer Zamata
“But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.” WantSchoolStarsParentTeamBrotherMomDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadAthleteMy MomMy BrotherBasketball Team Author:Jonathan Groff
“My mom was a big Elvis fan and a general pop culture buff, and so I grew up in a house filled with what were then called "movie magazines,"Before Elvis when Rhona Barrett wrote her column about the stars. And so it seeped in.” BigsCultureHouseStarsFansGrewMomGrew UpFilledMy MomPopsMagazinesPop CultureColumns Author:Laurie Foos
“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
“My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.” WantedStarsMomTrackMy MomBalletBallerinaAdamant Author:Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
“Truly 1 percent of this country serves and protects the freedoms of the other 99 percent of us, so many of us don't have that connection. Fortunately, Jill Biden does. She's a blue-star mom. Their son was in the National Guard - or is in the - in - is a Reservist.” DoeCountryStarsSonMomProtectPercentConnectionsBlueBidenNational Guard Author:Michelle Obama
“I don't know how many days I worked there [on Star Wars]. The thing I do remember was I somehow got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog. It was Jim Henson's space, with this Kermit the Frog sign. I took a photo of it and sent it to my mom with a caption that read, "Look, Mom. I made it. I got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog." I was always fascinated by the film-set infrastructures.” KnowsLooksMadeWarRememberFilmNextStarsSpaceKnow HowMomMy MomMade ItFascinatedInfrastructureFrogsParkingFilm SetCaptionParking Space Author:John Ratzenberger