dad

My first memory of the Rolling Stones is listening to Satisfaction at a sixth-grade slumber party at a friends house in Ankara, Turkey, where my family was living at the time. In the middle of our sleepover, my friends dad stopped the record when he heard the words girlie action! – Gayle King

My dad used to say, You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine, and theres some validity in it. But honestly, even when Im inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit. – Michael Shannon

Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and Im dressed to kill in my own mind. Theyll say to me, Dad, youre not going out there looking like that are you? If that doesnt kill a star, I dont know what does! – Lionel Richie

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 Im out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am becoming my dad! – Chris ODonnell

Keep in my mind my dad didnt become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school – so right around the time hes going through his big renaissance is right when Im starting to do my high school revolting. – Colin Hanks

My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision Ive made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do. – Colin Hanks

When I was younger it was – you know, my dad dressed up in drag on Bosom Buddies. And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say. – Colin Hanks

Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden theyre completely dependent on you and theres a third generation. Its a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents. – Roger Federer

I was just a kid and I didnt have a dad. Thats hard, because when youre a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together. – Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Whenever Im in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, You know what: my dads a really, really famous theatre director, because nobody has any idea. – Rebecca Hall

I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you. – Jason Ritter

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because thats what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. – Jackson Browne

I think theres nothing better than laughing in life, so thats nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. Its cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And thats fine. – Joan Cusack

Im a dad and thats pretty important. – Todd Akin

Well, Steve Vai joined my dads band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a couple of lessons on fundamentals, and gave me some scales and practice things to work on. But I pretty much learned everything by ear. – Dweezil Zappa

I liked a lot of the things other people liked – Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC – but if I compared it to my dads music, there just seemed to be elements missing. – Dweezil Zappa

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower aint fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson. – Bubba Watson

I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes wed play together. – Vince Gill

Im being a dad and a good husband. – Chad Smith

Im worried because of my mother, shes going to see my performance and shes quite hard. Shes going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, theyre going to see me like a woman, you know? – Eva Green