dad

I have this complex. I dont like too much exposure. I dont know why it is. Maybe its bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and dont think youre too good. – Mark Viduka

Nil By Mouth was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, thats not my dad. – Gary Oldman

I couldnt walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule. – David Icke

I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasnt quite doing it for me. I wasnt totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating. – Rachel McAdams

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. Hes the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that. – Christopher Walken

Look, Ive got incredible pride for my family. Ive absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly. – Christian Bale

My sister is totally my dads daughter because she loves sports. – Ashley Tisdale

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldnt feel like a job. So I did that. – Jason Mraz

Ill back up anything my dad says. – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men Ive ever met. – Philip Seymour Hoffman

A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, whove made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because theyve already made it to God. Most people make it. – Sylvia Browne

I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible, and he would high-five me and say, Way to go. – Sara Blakely

It wasnt like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine. – Venus Williams

Im always on the court with my dad. – Venus Williams

Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimers patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things. – Ellie Goulding

The only day I remember of my parents marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone. – Ellie Goulding

I Know You Care is about my dad. And I havent seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a – it was my way of saying that I wasnt bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing. – Ellie Goulding

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 didnt want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life. – Brad Pitt

My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just dont know how I would have lived without animals around me. Im fascinated by them – both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and its made such a difference in my lifetime. – Betty White

My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her masters there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didnt go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard. – Ben Affleck