My Brother Quotes - Page 29

• When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Brother, Cousin, Children

  "Kirsten Dunst Relies on Intuition and Years of Experience to Serve the Role". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. November 2, 2011.

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• I can't work with my brother without laughing.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Brother, Laughing, I Can

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. June 9, 2011.

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• I keep my skin - especially on my face and neck - out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I've got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Brother, Laughter, Keys

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• My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

  Jenny Eclair

  Brother, Perfect, Big Sister

  "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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• I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that.

  Tom Felton

  Brother, College, Two

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

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• Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself.

  Will Ferrell

  Mom, Brother, Sleep

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. May 12, 2011.

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• People don't understand that where I come from, everyone is either a convict, been in jail, been in a gang, is a hooligan of some sorts, but those are my brothers, my family and the people that I travel with. Those are the people that I roll with.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Brother, Jail, People

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• You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.

  Nathan Fillion

  Brother, People, Guy

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• I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.

  Ernest Gaines

  Brother, Responsibility, Thinking

  Live chat, cnn.com. May 13, 1999.

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• I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

  Ellie Goulding

  Brother, Guitar, Passionate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing drew me to the film business. I was propelled by the fear and anxiety of Vietnam. I had been drafted into the Marines. My brother was already serving in Vietnam. I bought, if you will, a stay of execution - both literally and figuratively - and went on to graduate school of business from the law school that I was attending.

  Peter Guber

  Brother, School, Marine

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• Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Cousin, Brother, Eight

  "'As long as we study life, it will be read': the Selfish Gene turns 40" by Adam Rutherford, May 29, 2016.

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• My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing.

  Hugh Jackman

  Sports, Brother, Father

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• There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I used to always cry from loneliness.

  Michael Jackson

  Brother, Loneliness, Fighting

  "Michael Jackson: The least weird man Elizabeth Taylor ever knew" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2009.

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• If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

  Queen Latifah

  Brother, Jobs, Kings

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

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• My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.

  Denis Leary

  Mother, Brother, Growing Up

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• My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.

  Doris Lessing

  Mother, Brother, Frustrated

  Doris May Lessing (1996). “Putting questions differently: interviews with Doris Lessing, 1964-1994”

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• My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!

  Lindsay Lohan

  Brother, Want, Entertainment

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• Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

  John Malkovich

  Brother, Grandfather, Able

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

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• You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

  Bruno Mars

  Brother, Play, Musician

  "Bruno Mars expands sonic world with sophomore album: Q&A". The Associated Press Interview, www.oregonlive.com. December 11, 2012.

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• My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Brother, Our Generation, America

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• My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Mother, Brother, Children

  Interview, www.scholastic.com. February, 2002.

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• When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Brother, Daddy, People

  "A life in music: Wynton Marsalis". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I don't think my dad really knew what to do with me, as a daughter. He treated me like a boy; my brother and I were treated the same. He didn't do kid stuff. There were no kid's menus; you weren't allowed to order off the kid's menu at dinner - we had to try something from the adult menu.

  Emma Watson

  Daughter, Brother, Dad

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• I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding.

  Shaun White

  Brother, Fun, Snow

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