- I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
- I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.
- Eleanor Mondale on Dad
- I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.
- Rory McIlroy on Dad
- I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.
- Junior Seau on Dad
- I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
- Jay London on Dad
- I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
- Nancy Sinatra on Dad
- I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.
- Helena Bonham Carter on Dad
- I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.
- Rodney Atkins on Dad
- I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.
- I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.
- I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.
- Shirley Manson on Dad
- I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.
- Jordin Sparks on Dad
- I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.
- Dave Mustaine on Dad
- I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.
- Jennifer Ellison on Dad
- I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.
- I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
- Harry Reid on Dad
- I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.
- Carre Otis on Dad
- I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.
- Eva Longoria on Dad
- I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.
- Nick Mason on Dad
- I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
- John Wooden on Dad
- 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.
- Daniel Radcliffe on Dad
- I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.
- Martina McBride on Dad
- I was into the Mets because my Dad worked at IBM where he got free Mets tickets, so I was into the Mets... then I got to 'Saturday Night Live' where my boss has unbelievable N.Y. Yankees tickets, so he invites us to the games. I'm going to all the games, so I might as well root for the team I'm gonna go sit with.
- Jimmy Fallon on Dad
- I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together.
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers on Dad
- 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.
- Sharon Stone on Dad
- I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
- Tatum O'Neal on Dad
- I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.
- Diane Lane on Dad
- I was really bright as a kid and tested well, and it was clear that I was going to get scholarships to any schools I wanted. My dad always said I could be an engineer at that time it was the elite of society: steady job, working in science, which was then the answer to every problem we had. It was kind of a mandate. Kind of a dream he had for me.
- James Wood on Dad
- I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.
- Dhani Harrison on Dad
- I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times... that he can look and see my dad's thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us.
- Jeff Koons on Dad
- I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.
- I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
- Sammy Davis, Jr. on Dad
- I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.
- Jared Harris on Dad
- I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions.
- Shannon Elizabeth on Dad
- I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.
- Steven Gerrard on Dad
- I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.
- David Hyde Pierce on Dad
- I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.
- Eric Church on Dad
- I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.
- Patrick Duffy on Dad
- 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.
- Marcia Cross on Dad
- I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.
- Anthony Kiedis on Dad
- I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
- Robert Mapplethorpe on Dad
- I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.
- Claude Nicollier on Dad
- 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.
- Ian Hislop on Dad
- I'd like to play Matt Damon's daddy. He's a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and I'd like to play his dad one day.
- Larry Hagman on Dad
- I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.
- Matt Damon on Dad
- I'll back up anything my dad says.
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on Dad
- I'm a dad and that's pretty important.
- I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.
- Jeremy Sisto on Dad
- I'm a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I'm making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime.
- Glenn Beck on Dad
- I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
- Michael J. Fox on Dad
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