Mum Quotes - Page 10

• I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a dog or a bird. To me, they are all absolutely equal.

  Stella Vine

  Dog, Thinking, Bird

  "Stella Vine in conversation with Ana Finel Honigman". Interview with Ana Finel Honigman at Saatchi Gallery site, July 25, 2007.

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• I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in - and I do.

  Leona Lewis

  Strong, Dad, Believe

  Now Magazine, July 2008.

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• Kazim-Richards - there's only one. You type it into Google and nothing else comes up. My first names were meant to be Colin Kazim but the registry office got it wrong. There is no-one with that name - not even my mum and dad - just me - I love it!

  Colin Kazim-Richards

  Dad, Names, Office

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• Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Modeling

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• Roses are my favourite flower, and my mum always grew a lot of them.

  Hayley Mills

  Flower, Rose, Favourite

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• I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.

  Patrick Dempsey

  Strong Women, Two, House

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• It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.

  Freddie Highmore

  Nice, Agents, Knows

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• My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time.

  Lianne La Havas

  Dad, Grandparent, Childhood

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• I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.

  Nicholas Hoult

  Cute, Thinking, Lambs

  "My favourite table". Interview With Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2007.

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• I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

  Nicholas Hoult

  Brother, Dad, Two

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• My mum's American. She's from Detroit.

  Rebecca Hall

  Detroit

  "Rebecca Hall chats about being Vicky in 'Barcelona'". Interview with Donna Freydkin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. August 25, 2008.

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• One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

  Rebecca Hall

  Black And White, Personality, Hollywood

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

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• I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now.

  Celia Imrie

  Mother, Husband, House

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• The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!

  Jeremy Irvine

  Jobs, Real, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

  Max Irons

  Dad, Thinking, Smoking

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• I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.

  Patsy Kensit

  Mother, Brother, Want

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• I feel like a semi-single mum.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Feels

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

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• I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.

  Ryan Giggs

  Stars, Dad, Real

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• I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.

  Britt Ekland

  Children, Snakes, Three

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• I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

  Jennifer Ellison

  Perfect, Want, Fairy Tale

  "Exclusive: My lover by Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. July 5, 2005.

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• I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

  Alexandra Fuller

  Self Love, Looks, Tough

  "People think the book is a love-letter to Africa, but really it is a love-letter to my mother". Interview with Louisa Young, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2002.

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• Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.

  Roger Federer

  Girl, Baby, Dad

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• I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.

  Alice Englert

  Growing Up, School, Independent

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• My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.

  Petra Stunt

  Crazy, Parent, House

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• As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.

  Rupert Everett

  Running, Kids, Parent

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