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		A role I grew up with and always loved was James Bond. I'd even say, in some ways, that he served as a creative role model for me as a kid in terms of roles I would want to play. I watched all of the movies growing up with my dad, so to be Bond himself would, without a doubt, be my dream role.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elliot Knight
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My mom and my dad was the best example of unconditional love I could see as a kid. I've known it my whole life. Interactions, kissing, hugging - it definitely wasn't the fake love.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				BJ the Chicago Kid
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Levon Helm
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad is a singer, so it was always either music or acting with me. All the way up through college I was doing both, and even after college I was in a reggae band. Then the acting really started taking off, so the music had to become a hobby.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Coby Bell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Music is more of a hobby to me than my hobbies, if that makes sense. I love music; my dad and brother were very musical, and music just happens to be one of my hobbies that became my vocation.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Al Jardine
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Luke Bryan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I grew up in Gillingham in Kent, and my dad commuted to Victoria Station every day. I remember travelling in with him one day and the noise, the people, and the heat leaving me wide-eyed and grinning.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Douglas Hodge
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My mom was in the chorus of 'Hello Dolly' and 'The Worldly Players'; my dad would build the set.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ari Graynor
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If my dad was alive, I wouldn't have gone to boarding school, and I wouldn't have had the success I've had.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jason Day
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lukas Haas
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Every show I've been on, my kids pay no attention. They're just like, 'Who cares. It's just dad's job.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Karamo Brown
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Andrew Dost
			
			
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		My mother had very humble beginnings - to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning - 'no foolishness,' as he would call it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Blake Lively
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Little Girl' on a piece of paper for me. I told him it was for an album. He practiced and practiced and then sent it to me, and I had it tattooed onto my wrist and surprised him with it. He cried when he saw it, happy tears. This way I always carry him with me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Priyanka Chopra
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I definitely get my artistry and my vocal talent from my mother and mother's side. She sang in a jazz trio band so growing up my dad would always take me to see her play and she has a beautiful voice. When I was little and started to sing, she supported me and let that fire burn. She always knew what it took as a support system.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zella Day
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad was a really funny, really talented guy who had a great success in a limited audience. But from him, I learned that he always felt the audience was entitled to 150 per cent. If he was performing at an event, he'd keep playing until the last person had finished dancing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joel Grey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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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
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joe Biden