3 December 2020 Ruben Studdard My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people’s opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
3 December 2020 Melissa George Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I’ve just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that’s lovely, love.
3 December 2020 Dean Koontz There’s sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.
3 December 2020 Colin Hanks My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I’ve made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.
3 December 2020 Rainn Wilson I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last ’60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.
3 December 2020 David Miliband My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.
3 December 2020 David Cone I can’t remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.
3 December 2020 Nick Mason I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.
3 December 2020 Shia LaBeouf I don’t know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad.
3 December 2020 Laura Bush Jenna’s traveled with me they’ve both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they’ve been old enough in all of their dad’s campaigns to really be involved in.
3 December 2020 Kathleen Sebelius From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.
3 December 2020 Kevin J. Anderson My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn’t think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.
3 December 2020 Ben Barnes My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.
3 December 2020 Tracy Morgan I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.
3 December 2020 Ellie Goulding The only day I remember of my parents’ marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.
3 December 2020 J. C. Watts In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of… Dad.
3 December 2020 Elvis Stojko My mom was a dancer, my dad’s a singer and I’ve always had that kind of music in my life.
3 December 2020 Sarah Hyland You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin’ kidney!
3 December 2020 Andre Agassi You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure.
3 December 2020 Natalie Portman When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y’know, ‘What does your dad do for a living?’ So I said ‘He helps women get pregnant!’ They called my mom and they were like, ‘What exactly does your husband do?’
3 December 2020 Gavin DeGraw My dad didn’t want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
3 December 2020 Peyton Manning My dad told us up front, ‘Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it’s your decision.’
3 December 2020 Haley Reinhart My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.
3 December 2020 Max Irons I’ve got my dad’s height and smoking habit. But I think I’ve got my mum’s looks and sensibilities.
3 December 2020 Sylvia Browne A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who’ve made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they’ve already made it to God. Most people make it.
