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“I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.”

Author:Jane Asher

“My mum taught me that redheads shouldn't wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right shade, such as a bright orange or a cherry red, it can look fabulous.”

Ifs Looks Taught Red Shade You Choose Mum Fabulous Orange Cherries

Author:Jane Asher

“I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!”

Turns Patient Mum

Author:Olivia Colman

“Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.”

Hard Enough Secret Worry Mum Secret Service

Author:Eleanor Clift

“When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.”

World Young Theatre Brilliant Mum Puppets

Author:Arthur Darvill

“My mum brought me to my first job when I was 12. I started electrical work at her plant. She was an engineer, a technical expert, at one of the plants in the south, and in the summer she brought me in and I learnt how industrial things work: casting, electricity, maintenance, everything.”

Firsts Jobs Summer Plant South Experts Engineers Mum Electricity Casting Maintenance Electrical

Author:Oleg Deripaska

“My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!”

Used Dresses My Sister Mum Matching Laura Ashley

Author:Agyness Deyn

“I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.”

Feels Kind Children Enough Young Seeing Cry My Friends Clever My Children Upset Good Enough Mum Young Women Get Real Not Good Enough

Author:Daisy Donovan

“I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.”

Two Choices Parent Born Week Mum Two Weeks No Money Working Women

Author:Lindsay Davenport

“I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.”

Two House Strong Grew Grew Up Very Strong Mum Strong Women Older Sister

Author:Patrick Dempsey

“I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.”

Children Three Scared Height Mum Snakes Spiders

Author:Britt Ekland

“I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.”

Want Perfect Tales Fairy Being The Best Fairy Tale Mum

Author:Jennifer Ellison

“I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.”

Ifs Looks Self Love Tough Mum Look After Yourself

Author:Alexandra Fuller

“Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.”

Two Girl Parent Cases Generations Baby Dad Thirds Dependent Mum Mum And Dad New Girl

Author:Roger Federer

“I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.”

Self Grew Dad Grew Up My Dad Agents Mum Employed Queensland Insurance Agent

Author:Grant Bowler

“I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.”

Way Important Able Wanted School Choices Individual My Own Growing Up Growing Independent Dependent Mum Independent Life

Author:Alice Englert

“My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.”

Way Wells House Parent Crazy Huge Majority Workers Mum Staff Extravagant Housework Nannies

Author:Petra Stunt

“As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.”

Shows Would Be Running Kids Parent Rooms Bed Rings Guests Mum Hello Showing Off Jackie Onassis

Author:Rupert Everett

“I do miss Glasgow but Malibu is home now. I love it here and when I do go back to Scotland it takes me a bit of time to acclimatise. I am a spoilt so-and-so. I live in the mountains of Malibu in the most gorgeous house and I phone my mum every day and tell her that I have got bad news - that it is only 70 degrees here.”

Home House Bits Missing Mountain Degrees News Phones Take Me Mum Scotland Gorgeous Bad News Glasgow Spoilt Malibu

Author:Tommy Flanagan

“I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.”

Looks Eye Hair Fine Decades Fats Operations Remove Genes Mum Surgery Hair Dye

Author:David Cassidy

“Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit - and I never really grew out of that, I don't think.”

Thinking Knows Littles School Used Next Grew Bed Lays Mum Next Day

Author:Paloma Faith

“I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.”

Real Stars Saws Hero Dad My Dad League Mum Rugby Youngsters Bryan Rugby League Real Heroes Maradona

Author:Ryan Giggs

“I feel like a semi-single mum.”

Author:Elizabeth Hurley

“It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.”

Knows Nice Agents Mum Very Nice

Author:Freddie Highmore

“My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time.”

Saws Childhood Dad My Dad Greek Mum Grandparent Mum And Dad Jamaicans

Author:Lianne La Havas

“I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.”

Thinking Bits Cute Mum Harsh Lambs Cute Things

Author:Nicholas Hoult

“I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.”

Two Brother Dad Equal Rounds Mum Really Great Older Brother Great Family Mum And Dad Two Sisters

Author:Nicholas Hoult

“My mum's American. She's from Detroit.”

Author:Rebecca Hall

“One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.”

Film Black White Personality Aspect Hollywood Golden Eras Black And White Mum

Author:Rebecca Hall

“I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now.”

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Author:Celia Imrie

“The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!”

People Believe Doe Real Play Jobs Mum Homeless Dressings Housing Make Believe Dressing Up Real Jobs Homeless People

Author:Jeremy Irvine

“I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.”

Thinking Looks Habit Dad My Dad Height Smoking Mum Sensibility

Author:Max Irons

“I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.”

Want Mother Brother Remembered My Brother Mum Jamie Lennon

Author:Patsy Kensit

“My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.”

Christian Stars Mum Secretary Movie Star Dior

Author:Patsy Kensit

“I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.”

Church Taught Comfort Catholic Mum Ceremony Going To Church

Author:Patsy Kensit

“In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.”

Thinking Important Moments Given Dying Dad Band My Family Shock Mum 80s Your Mum Mum And Dad

Author:Gary Kemp

“I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.”

Two My Own Feet Mum Kicking

Author:Jay Kay