3 December 2020 Ed Miliband I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn’t believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.
3 December 2020 Betty White During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.
3 December 2020 Levon Helm My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I’m home.
3 December 2020 Ezra Koenig My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad’s union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege.
3 December 2020 Jeffrey Kluger The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it’s the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it’s the most sensitive. It’s not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite – and typically they don’t.
3 December 2020 Shahrukh Khan Whenever I fail as a father or husband… a toy and a diamond always works.
3 December 2020 Larry Elder My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He’s a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn’t speak to him for 10 years.
3 December 2020 Dido Armstrong I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn’t have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.
3 December 2020 Hunter Hayes All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe.
3 December 2020 Tom Hardy I wanted my dad to be proud of me, and I fell into acting because there wasn’t anything else I could do, and in it I found a discipline that I wanted to keep coming back to, that I love and I learn about every day.
3 December 2020 J. J. Abrams I mean, my dad’s a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do.
3 December 2020 Angelina Jolie I’ve told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn’t kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.
3 December 2020 Mel Torme Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.
3 December 2020 Candace Parker From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.
3 December 2020 Marco Rubio My Dad used to tell us: ‘En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos’ ‘In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.’
3 December 2020 Charlie Sheen What is a normal childhood? We weren’t rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn’t save any money.
3 December 2020 Fantasia Barrino When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn’t focused on school – I was into the music and trying to please my dad.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.
3 December 2020 Marcia Cross I would ask my dad what he did, and he’d say, ‘I listen to people’s problems.’ In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.
3 December 2020 Bill Nighy My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
