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At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, OK, this is something I really like. At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, Oh boy, here we go. We know what shes going to do. – Lana Parrilla

I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre… Its funny – I dont have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week. – Lana Parrilla

My mom and father are extremely proud. They love it when I dont die. Ive done so many movies where Ive died that their first question when I book a job is, So, are you going to die in this? – Michael Ealy

My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story thats really elaborate about werewolves and wolves. – Amanda Hocking

I couldnt wait until I grew up. I used to look at my moms stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair. – Florence Griffith Joyner

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. Im not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it. – Sarah Polley

Weve got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. Were phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards. – Michael D. Barnes

Sometimes, if you dont have kids yourself, its assumed you wont understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it. – Tricia Helfer

I wasnt always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom. – Janet Evanovich

Its impossible to put yourself first when youre a mom. – Jillian Michaels

Just recently I was in Target with my mom shopping, and out of the blue, I see this father and his two daughters and he says, Can they get a picture with you? And Im thinking to myself, Am I the one millionth customer or something? – Atticus Shaffer

Ive always been homeschooled, so doing it on set is kind of the same thing. My mom makes it very interactive – well get a book on chocolate and learn how to make it, or she will buy antique items. I love military history, the mechanics and strategy of it. – Atticus Shaffer

Im almost a full-time mom. – Ekaterina Gordeeva

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When youre a kid, you can learn a language much more easily I learned English in less than a year. – Mila Kunis

It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasnt just my dads story, it was my moms story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories. – Vanessa Kerry

Im not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress. – Chrissie Hynde

I told my agents that I didnt want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, Its the coolest show. You have to go. – Mary Lynn Rajskub

Im named after a horse. My moms best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested Brooklyn as a more formal version, and it just stuck – and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure. – Brooklyn Decker

You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. Thats the kind of congressman Ill be. – Geoff Davis

When I was 11 my friends mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, Im never eating anything else again. And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak. – Aasif Mandvi