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I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting m... DAN STEVENS I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you s...
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Everything I do in my life I do to make my mum and dad proud. I want to carry on in my dad's foo... BINDI IRWIN
I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your ca... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a ...
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WILL POULTER Growing up, I was on film sets occasionally, when my dad was acting, so I got to run around and do o...
DUNCAN JONES
I'd like to think I'm a normal sort of guy, but go to my mum and she'll probably say, &#... CHRIS HEMSWORTH I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - g...
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I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn&#... DAVID BOWIE My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that'...
ALAN CUMMING I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination...
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BONNIE TYLER
The last time I saw Dad alive, he was in the hospital. He was watching 'Hell Drivers,' a cru... JOHN NIVEN You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I dec...
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NADINE VELAZQUEZ It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy....
RACHAEL HARRIS There were a lot of assumptions that we were raised a certain way. Our dad was always really clear w...
ERIN FOSTER Ari, maybe we should get you out of here. No joke. You really are dangerous with thus truth serum in...
BRIDGET ZINN I was sitting in church and it came to me that I should go and help. And when you get a thought like...
DON TRENT I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sou...
SALLY PEARSON
When I was eight years old, I asked my mum, 'Mum, can I do two jobs?' And she was like, '... CHARLIE ROWE
I thought I had everything going for me. I wasn't listening to nobody. And my dad was like, '... JIDENNA
I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed dow... JOEL OSTEEN
My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everyt... BILL KELLER It was me being selfish and just going around thinking everything should go my way. I was thinking a...
GERALD ANDERSON
I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think i... HUGH JACKMAN Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do...
RAUL RUIZ
When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study anima... NICK PARK
I think that when I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a trem... WILL ARNETT I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one k...
MADHUR BHANDARKAR My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would a...
KACY CATANZARO If you're an entrepreneur and you're starting a company, I think the first thing you do is y...
DAVE GOLDBERG
I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were bet... TADANOBU ASANO I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I w...
AZITA GHANIZADA My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die...
MAX WALKER I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I ...
WYATT RUSSELL I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything ...
PATRICIA MACLACHLAN When I was younger, I'd be like 'Would you like to go to dinner' and the girl would be l...
BEN SAVAGE I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watc...
LAURA HARRIER My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act...
SALLY PHILLIPS The irony is that we're really good at comedy in Britain, but for some reason, we make very few ...
ALICE LOWE I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less sel...
REBECCA FERGUSON I love good TV shows, but it's not what I do. I kind of sculpt my films as I go along. And TV is...
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI Oh, I love Nottingham. I know some people go, 'Oh God, there's not much going off there,'...
VICKY MCCLURE 'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I ge...
DAMIEN CHAZELLE 'Die a Happy Man' was one of those that, when I wrote it and sent it to my label, their resp...
THOMAS RHETT
I'm not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy - and they ask you to do that... ALEC BALDWIN
To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I d... LARRY ELLISON
'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could d... DRAKE
Something inside Clary cracked and broke, and words came pouring out. 'What do you want me to tell y... CASSANDRA CLARE
In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Wh... LADY GAGA All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of h...
MISTY COPELAND
People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I shou... RODNEY KING All you can do is be your best self. I'm representing more than just me. I think everyone should be ...
MISTY COPELAND I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the in...
PETINA GAPPAH
I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you ... MIKE PENCE I prefer theater, but I love to do films, and I prefer theater primarily because I've done more....
AMANDA PLUMMER There are a lot of podcasters that are females of color. And I think that we should be allowed to te...
JESSICA WILLIAMS I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job...
KELLY BROOK I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr...
JON SCIESZKA
When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So ... TOM PETTY But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do m...
ARTHUR CAYLEY
My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses... TONY HAWK I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I...
NICK MORAN
I'm going to take care of the man I'm with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care... NICOLE SCHERZINGER
My Italian granny and my mother made great spaghetti, but it wasn't a kind of southern Italian, ... PETER CAPALDI Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Lis...
DANNEL MALLOY Getting older doesn't bother me. When I was 30, I thought I should have achieved more, but you g...
NATASHA LITTLE
I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, cli... TIM BURTON My friends have said, 'Wait, you're pretty, and you sing? What do you mean you're intere...
AULI'I CRAVALHO
Overall, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give to the listener the many wonderf... JOHN COLTRANE
I was really into old musicals. When I was seven or eight, my mum and dad would be like, 'How do... CUSH JUMBO If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows l...
DEL SHANNON I was 10, and I played Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island' at school, and this great Liverpudli...
STEPHEN GRAHAM People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it&...
ADAM GARCIA I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they be...
HANS MATHESON We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I di...
LIL' ROMEO
It's the typical mid-life crisis kind of thing, where you just stop and wonder, 'Should I go... LYNN COADY
You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln... AL FRANKEN I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS
When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to... BEBE REXHA When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, ...
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When my dad died, it was like everything felt really shaky, you know? And trying to be the best I co... SARAH DESSEN Mum and Dad always wanted me to do whatever I was happy doing. I nearly went to art college at 16, b...
STEPHEN GRAHAM
At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were s... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN Everything feels like you're in slow motion and everything you do seems like it's about two ...
TONY PARKER
My dad was enlisted in the Navy; my mother was a nurse. It just was never a thought process. It was ... DAVID ROBINSON Almost all of my jobs have been on locations. And I think you can be that person who says, 'I ha...
ERIN CUMMINGS
I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself... SPENCER GRAMMER I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, ...
EDDIE MARSAN
I visualise what I want through meditation. The process of meditating is a great way of making sure ... SHILPA SHETTY Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encourage...
DANNII MINOGUE I've been sailing from the age of 2, and apparently, when I was 4, I told my dad, 'I know ho...
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