Dad Quotes
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My dad had this old truck that he used to take on back roads and showed me how to drive when I was nine or ten.
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I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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When I was a kid I went and saw Bill Cosby with my dad, and I remember sitting there and laughing so hard.
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The older I get, the more I dance like my dad, and I'm finding that suddenly cardigans are becoming more attractive to me.
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My dad knows every single accent from being an old Yiddish grandpa to being Indian or Jamaican. It was very cool to grow up with that.
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But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
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In real life, I'm a dad.
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Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.
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My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.
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'Dad, are we scared?' said Sunshine. 'No, honey. It's an adventure.
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Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.
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I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.
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My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.
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I love getting up to my folks' house and playing golf with Dad. He's very involved with my off-course ventures, and I talk to him every third day.
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I'd like to die like my old dad, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like his passengers.
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My dad has been to every soccer game that I've played in, both at the amateur level and at the professional level, and he always had great things to say whether we won or we lost, whether I felt great or not so great.
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I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.
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My mum and dad were incredibly supportive - although I suspect my dad would have preferred me to go the university route. However, I know they were extremely proud when I won the 2011 BAFTA Best Actor for playing comedian Eric Morecambe in 'Eric and Ernie.'
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My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.
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She loves Susan Sarandon and I know my dad (would have loved) being married to Susan Sarandon, ... Susan said she learned more about how to play the part from talking to my mom than to me.
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My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.
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It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.
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I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.
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I knew I wanted to be a professional triathlete, but I didn't know it was possible until I won the junior champs. My dad said I should give Cambridge a go to see if I could do both, but it was only ever a trial.
