My dad worked as an executive at Lockheed Aircraft and worked on the U-2 and things like that. My mother was a homemaker, and she was vice-president of the Democratic Council of California back in the '50s.
My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.
Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me.
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education.
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things.
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.
I get great joy from creating the perfect Norman Rockwell holiday. This is why I think I might be Martha Stewart's brother from another mother.
Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.
My natural mother passed away from cystic fibrosis when I was a toddler, so I feel a great deal of empathy for people who are struggling with disease.
My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.
My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
It's very healing to me to be a very present mother. I hope that it's also good for her. But it's definitely good for me.
I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.
My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
