3 December 2020 Victor Cruz My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.
3 December 2020 will.i.am I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, ‘One day I’m going to buy you a house.’ And she said, ‘Boy, don’t you be making promises you can’t keep.’ I was like: ‘No, Ma, it’s not a promise. I’m going to buy you a house one day.’
3 December 2020 Jeffrey Donovan My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It’s not worse than anybody else’s life.
3 December 2020 Aasif Mandvi When I was 11 my friend’s mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, ‘I’m never eating anything else again.’ And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.
3 December 2020 Tom Shadyac My dad’s half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I’m three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.
3 December 2020 Tori Amos I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom’s family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car – it was the late sixties – and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.
3 December 2020 Paula Poundstone My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, ‘Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim.’
3 December 2020 Rainey Qualley I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn’t really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
3 December 2020 Eleanor Tomlinson Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I’ve spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.
3 December 2020 Carol Leifer I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there’s got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.
3 December 2020 Melanie Roach When I’m in the gym, I’m in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I’m not in the gym, I’m enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.
3 December 2020 Nerlens Noel Anyone who knows me knows my mom, Dorcina, has to sign off on any decision and that she will play a major part in any decision.
3 December 2020 Shania Twain Fortunately, when you’re a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.
3 December 2020 Brooklyn Decker I’m named after a horse. My mom’s best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested ‘Brooklyn’ as a more formal version, and it just stuck – and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.
3 December 2020 Mindy McCready I’m not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.
3 December 2020 Joseph Gordon-Levitt My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.
3 December 2020 Patsy Cline If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.
3 December 2020 Florence Griffith Joyner I couldn’t wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom’s stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
3 December 2020 Jenna Bush I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.
3 December 2020 Brandy Norwood It’s her first grandchild, so she’s really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me.
3 December 2020 Chloe Moretz The problem with me is, anything that’s easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I’m 14 – my mom is super-strict about that.
3 December 2020 Donal Logue My mom, she’s from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.
3 December 2020 Alicia Keys My mom always said, ‘Don’t date a guy who thinks he’s prettier than you.’
