I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.
(n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's...
My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights -...
Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.
I am an obsessive garage cleaner - my wife and the neighbors make fun of me. I remember that my father was the same way, and now when I'm out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am beco...
Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.
As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts...
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And thos...
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me....
I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came...
Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.