Dad Quotes - Page 16

• I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to go to Britain's Central School of Speech and Drama, and my dad and I had a few tense words about that. He wanted me to go to British drama school.

  Kate Burton

  Drama, School, Opportunity

  "Emmys 2012: Six Shows in One Season? Kate Burton, Daughter Of Sir Richard, Did It (Q&A)". Interview with Tim Appelo, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 22, 2012.

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• My dad is the type of person that says yes to life, and to the adventures it throws at you. Because of that, he never forced me into a particular career, or had wild expectations for me; his concern was simply that I was fulfilled and happy.

  MyAnna Buring

  Adventure, Careers, Expectations

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• To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard.

  Rebecca Black

  Girl, Forever, Groups

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer and my mom's a director and writer.

  Troian Bellisario

  Mom, Successful, Television

  Interview with Lauren Brown, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2011.

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• I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.

  Bo Bice

  Stars, Husband, Rocks

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• My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.

  Bob Balaban

  Children, Grandmother, Russia

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. March 3, 2003.

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• My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.

  Candace Cameron

  Mom, Next, Entertainment

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.

  Edward Burns

  Cop, Wells, Knows

  Interview with Maya Singer, www.ign.com. March 9, 2001.

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• I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.

  Eric Bana

  Hard Work, Kids, Reality

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• When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.

  Eric Bana

  Husband, Shooting, Location

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• 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.

  Fantasia Barrino

  Teacher, Reading, School

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• I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.

  James Belushi

  Mom, Brother, Couple

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• I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'

  James Belushi

  Brother, Character, Men

  "The Belushis: Funny is in their bones" by Rick Kogan, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2012.

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• I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.

  Jason Bateman

  Writing, Character, Stories

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• I want to be a young dad. By 25 or 26 I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.

  Justin Bieber

  Want, Married, Young

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

  Katy B

  Beach, Boys, Soul

  "Katy B: Soundtrack of my life" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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• I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

  Laura Benanti

  Jobs, Thinking, Issues

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• My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.

  Leslie Bibb

  Mom, Kids, Thinking

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.

  Mario Balotelli

  Boys, Would Be, Ready

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• Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.

  Toni Braxton

  Teacher, College, Training

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But as a kid, I loved 'Monty Python.' My Dad was a devout watcher. We used to watch it when we ate dinner!

  Wes Bentley

  Kids, Python, Dinner

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• As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.

  Zach Braff

  Sports, School, Kids

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• I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

  Abbie Cornish

  Kids, Wales, Mum

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• I do have a nickname with my family; I'm called Snappy, because I do get to be a bit snippy at times. They call me Snappy Bear. That's from New Hampshire. My dad's called Crazy, my mother's Happy - it's a whole thing.

  Eliza Coupe

  Mother, Crazy, Nicknames

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Country, Stars, College

  "Eric Church sings 'naked'". Interview with Whitney Pastorek, ew.com. May 10, 2007.

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