3 December 2020 Ian Hislop I’d always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad – he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can’t get my head around the fact that I am older than he was – ever.
3 December 2020 Dakota Fanning My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it’s Hannah Dakota Fanning.
3 December 2020 Jennifer Ellison Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn’t see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.
3 December 2020 Eric Shanteau Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
3 December 2020 Daniel Radcliffe My dad’s got a brilliant eye for scripts ‘cos he’s a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.
3 December 2020 Shaun Alexander You know when everyone’s watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.
3 December 2020 Greg Louganis Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I’d always felt there was something to live up to – expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.
3 December 2020 Miranda Kerr I have a weird sense of humour. My dad’s the same. We love watching ‘Monty Python’ together.
3 December 2020 Tim McGraw When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck driver, farmer and cowboy. He taught me how to ride from an early age.
3 December 2020 Tim Heidecker My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom’s very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.
3 December 2020 Lee Westwood Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.
3 December 2020 Margaret Turnbull No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother’s affair.
3 December 2020 Georgia Jagger When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, ‘Are you wearing makeup?’ I would say back, ‘You’re wearing more makeup there than I am!’
3 December 2020 Daniel Radcliffe I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, ‘Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?’ and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.
3 December 2020 Sharon Stone I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.
3 December 2020 Eric Bana I have a theory that I really want my kids to know – the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.
3 December 2020 Marion Cotillard My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.
3 December 2020 Anthony Kiedis As a father now, I wouldn’t do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn’t do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.
3 December 2020 Skeet Ulrich I think I’m extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you’re getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.
3 December 2020 Nate Ruess I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.
3 December 2020 James Ellroy As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years.
3 December 2020 Wiz Khalifa My dad has been a big influence on me, because he’s always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.
3 December 2020 Tony Visconti My dad’s sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal – his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.
3 December 2020 Amy Grant Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad’s. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.
3 December 2020 Harlan Coben Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely.
