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Image of Jasmine Cephas Jones
I took my dad's name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I'm meant to do. I want to try everything.
- Jasmine Cephas Jones
Collection: Dad
Image of Jeff Bridges
I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.
- Jeff Bridges
Collection: Dad
Image of Sylvia Browne
A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it.
- Sylvia Browne
Collection: Dad
Image of Russell Peters
My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.
- Russell Peters
Collection: Dad
Image of Isaac Herzog
My dad always had huge respect for the British Army. He always thought it was one of the best. And I think it changed his life - those seven years in that Army.
- Isaac Herzog
Collection: Dad
Image of Anthony Hopkins
My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.
- Anthony Hopkins
Collection: Dad
Image of Jimmy Bullard
I was a painter and decorator with my dad for three years.
- Jimmy Bullard
Collection: Dad
Image of Sonita Alizadeh
When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.
- Sonita Alizadeh
Collection: Dad
Image of Marisa Miller
I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. We would go to games in the '80s. It was a good time to fall in love with football when your team was unstoppable.
- Marisa Miller
Collection: Dad
Image of Chad Channing
My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.
- Chad Channing
Collection: Dad
Image of Joe Harris
I've been No. 12 my entire career. My cousin Nikki Haerling was a good basketball player, she wore No. 12 in high school and college, and my dad, he was No. 12 as well. I actually just started wearing it when I got to high school my freshman year.
- Joe Harris
Collection: Dad
Image of Wayne Swan
Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up.
- Wayne Swan
Collection: Dad
Image of Shraddha Kapoor
I went through a brief phase when I thought of other career options: being an air hostess and even a psychologist. But eventually, my destiny led me to acting. Moreover, my dad being an actor, I have grown up in a very filmi environment. I was encouraged to watch films since I was a child.
- Shraddha Kapoor
Collection: Dad
Image of Kevin Bacon
My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.
- Kevin Bacon
Collection: Dad
Image of Travis Scott
When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.
- Travis Scott
Collection: Dad
Image of Paul Rudd
As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic.
- Paul Rudd
Collection: Dad
Image of Gordon Ramsay
I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.
- Gordon Ramsay
Collection: Dad
Image of Alexandra Kosteniuk
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
- Alexandra Kosteniuk
Collection: Dad
Image of Romesh Ranganathan
Mum came to Crawley from Sri Lanka at 19 after marrying my dad. Later, Dad had financial problems and they split for a while.
- Romesh Ranganathan
Collection: Dad
Image of Jimmy Connors
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.
- Jimmy Connors
Collection: Dad
Image of Kate Walsh
My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
- Kate Walsh
Collection: Dad
Image of Gabby Douglas
You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much.
- Gabby Douglas
Collection: Dad
Image of Christian Borle
My parents waited to have me and my sister - my dad was 43 when my mother had me, and my mom was 38. They purposefully waited until they had had their adventures in life so that we wouldn't represent the end of their freedom.
- Christian Borle
Collection: Dad
Image of Ian McShane
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
- Ian McShane
Collection: Dad
Image of Darci Lynne Farmer
A little before my 10th birthday, I was like, 'Can I please have a puppet, Mom and Dad?' They were like, 'No. You are a singer, not a ventriloquist. You have three brothers, and you're in gymnastics. There's no way we have time for this.'
- Darci Lynne Farmer
Collection: Dad
Image of Jimmy O. Yang
Growing up, my dad was 'get a real job, don't go pursuing your dreams, that's how you become homeless.' So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?
- Jimmy O. Yang
Collection: Dad
Image of Terry Pratchett
In my heart, I'm just a kid from the council houses. I can remember the old cottage and my dad coming round with the tin bath. I'm not a rich man.
- Terry Pratchett
Collection: Dad
Image of Rumer Willis
My dad says I was an extra in 'Die Hard.' I think it's true.
- Rumer Willis
Collection: Dad
Image of Brett Kavanaugh
Every day, I will try to be the best husband, dad, and friend I can be.
- Brett Kavanaugh
Collection: Dad
Image of Emily Bett Rickards
My dad's a doctor, and he'd watch 'Grey's Anatomy,' and he'd be like, 'This is not okay. This isn't what it's like.' And we're like, 'Shut up, it's not about that. That's not why we're watching it.'
- Emily Bett Rickards
Collection: Dad
Image of Marco Pierre White
Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a lad. From then on, he lived in fear that death was just around the corner, and he set about programming me to work hard and bring in some cash.
- Marco Pierre White
Collection: Dad
Image of Jon Jones
I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival.
- Jon Jones
Collection: Dad
Image of Desmond Dekker
One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust Melody.' It was like I went into a trance or something. I forgot all about my dad sending me to the shop. When I got home, I explained to him what happened. I thought I was going to get a whipping, but he understood.
- Desmond Dekker
Collection: Dad
Image of Nyjah Huston
My dad was really controlling and he did want me to skate every single day. I would say he did it in a little bit of a strict way, which probably wasn't necessary because bottom line I loved skateboarding and that's all I wanted to do anyway.
- Nyjah Huston
Collection: Dad
Image of Tom Brady
Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.
- Tom Brady
Collection: Dad
Image of Thomas Brodie-Sangster
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around. My dad taught me to play drums for 'Love Actually,' and I still play drums now. But I'm not a 'drummer.' I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist.
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Collection: Dad
Image of Matt Damon
My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.
- Matt Damon
Collection: Dad
Image of Young Dolph
My mom and dad are from the streets. My mom's from Chicago. My dad's from Memphis. My dad got out of school and got with my mom. They were hustlers. They were from the streets. They were doing their thing. The streets ain't got no love for the streets. You can light up the streets, or be a victim of the streets.
- Young Dolph
Collection: Dad
Image of Troy Deeney
Dad was involved in a lot of crime and the police were regularly coming to our door looking for him. From the age of three he always made sure I had a football and he'd make me play with much bigger kids. But he'd tell them, 'Kick him and if he moans he'll come in.' So I got taught to grow up very quickly.
- Troy Deeney
Collection: Dad
Image of Sushant Singh Rajput
My dad told me when I was very young, that I should not get married before 30. His only advice to me was to live my life.
- Sushant Singh Rajput
Collection: Dad
Image of Tom Hardy
I wanted my dad to be proud of me, and I fell into acting because there wasn't anything else I could do, and in it I found a discipline that I wanted to keep coming back to, that I love and I learn about every day.
- Tom Hardy
Collection: Dad
Image of Ali Krieger
My dad has been my coach since I was seven years old - from 7 to 18 is when he coached my club team - and so it was always in the family. He introduced me to soccer at a young age and also kind of molded me into a good player at a young age, too. Which then I grew to love the game and be as passionate as he was.
- Ali Krieger
Collection: Dad
Image of Clint Eastwood
My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.
- Clint Eastwood
Collection: Dad
Image of Ben Affleck
My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn't go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard.
- Ben Affleck
Collection: Dad
Image of Mookie Betts
My Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.
- Mookie Betts
Collection: Dad
Image of Soledad O'Brien
I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.
- Soledad O'Brien
Collection: Dad
Image of Millie Bobby Brown
I was bored one day, so my dad took me to this acting school. I liked it more than having fun - I liked it for an actual job.
- Millie Bobby Brown
Collection: Dad
Image of Brad Pitt
My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.
- Brad Pitt
Collection: Dad
Image of Rainn Wilson
My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
- Rainn Wilson
Collection: Dad