Dad Quotes - Page 35

• You push a button and it goes all over the world and on Sunday people are saying, 'Oh, I binge watched all 10 of them. Where's more?' and you go oh, the world has changed. It's not my dad walking to the television set and turning a knob to Ed Sullivan.

  Jeffrey Tambor

  Sunday, People, Television

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• Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.

  Jessica Chastain

  Real, Hero, Men

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• My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.

  Brenda Song

  Growing Up, Ideas, House

  "Brenda Song - The NEW Interview". Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. October 29, 2007.

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• When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.

  Chip Esten

  Country, Long, Car

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• My dad was always fascinated and amused by Trump, so I learned to be fascinated and amused by Trump.

  Willie Geist

  Trump, Amused, Fascinated

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• My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

  Michael Sheen

  Mother, Reading, Frustrated

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

  Joel Courtney

  Trouble, My Family, Ifs

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• I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'

  Aretha Franklin

  Song, Jesus, Thinking

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• I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

  Michael Douglas

  Actors, Avoided

  "Michael Douglas: 'I am consumed with being a father'" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

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• My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

  Sam Shepard

  Suffering, Luck, Disappointing

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• People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Mother, Father, Italian

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.

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• You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

  Martin Freeman

  Children, Special, Looks

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• I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.

  Nat Wolff

  Live In The Moment, Acting, Musician

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

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• I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

  Laurence Fox

  Uncles, Actors, World

  "Laurence Fox: 'I knew Billie was the one for me...'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.

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• You could probably go three or four months without the word 'God' coming from my dad's mouth; Mum would pray for a parking space.

  Laurence Fox

  Space, Three, Mouths

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• I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.

  Amy Poehler

  Men, Thinking, Years

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.177, Pan Macmillan

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• My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

  Katharine Isabelle

  Scotland, Roots, Parent

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• My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.

  Vince Vaughn

  Mom, Names, Pet

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• I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.

  Kimberly Elise

  Girl, Guy, Fans

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• I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

  Brian J. White

  Mom, Parent, Three

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• When my father died in my arms it had such a profound affect on me that at that very moment when my dad passed I realized that I needed to face my own fears.

  Criss Angel

  Father, Profound, Faces

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• I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.

  Ryan Eggold

  Mom, World, Best Dad

  Seventeen Magazine Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 22, 2009.

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• I like wearing my dads sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby.

  Troian Bellisario

  Baby, Sweaters, My Dad

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• If I were a dad, I'd have my kids watch 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Honeymooners.'

  Horatio Sanz

  Kids, Watches, Honeymooners

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• When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

  Scott Adkins

  Art, Brother, Years

  "Interview with Ninja II Shadow of a Tear star Scott Adkins". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. January 3, 2014.

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