“ My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. ”
— Meg Cabot
“ 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. ”
— Anthony Kiedis
“ My mum and dad ran a family cafe in Sligo for 35 years and worked long hours. We grew up in a very hard-working family and had a lovely atmosphere, as we lived above the restaurant. It definitely made me want to work hard, whatever I chose to do. As the baby of seven kids, I was definitely a bit spoilt. ”
— Shane Filan
“ My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. ”
— Alastair Campbell
“ My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984. ”
— Ezra Koenig
“ I had never said, 'dad, I love you.' ”
— Michael Reagan
“ From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. ”
— Kathleen Sebelius
“ My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Miami. When I got up to the line at registration, I saw that you had to take math and history. I said, 'There's no way I'm taking math and history.' And right next to it was the line for the drama department. ”
— Ray Liotta
“ I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school. ”
— Marlo Thomas
“ My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years. ”
— Alexa Chung
“ I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego. ”
— Charisma Carpenter
“ I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids. ”
— Dana Carvey
“ My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I don't know anyone who doesn't know someone on some form of prescription medicine. ”
— Zach Braff
“ I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on the characteristics of some of the characters you play. Sometimes it can be a great thing and sometimes it's a bit haunting because you're not quite sure how to leave it on set. My dad talks about it as being 'de-personalised.' ”
— Ben Barnes
“ I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby. ”
— Troian Bellisario
“ La Mancha is a very macho, chauvinistic society. I saw very clearly that my life had to be in Madrid, and I liberated myself from my mum and dad after high school. ”
— Pedro Almodovar
“ My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day. ”
— Bryce Harper
“ My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love. ”
— Anthony Browne
“ I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together. ”
— Sebastian Vettel
“ My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love. ”
— Mike Mills
“ I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car. ”
— Amber Heard
“ You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing. ”
— Leonardo DiCaprio
“ My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers. ”
— Benicio Del Toro
“ When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left. ”
— Joe Frazier
“ My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else. ”
— T-Pain