And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's 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.
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?'
I am very happy to say I look just like my dad. But mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I was a boy was intrinsically connected with fighting. I grew up in a house where we revered tough guys.
I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.
It's hard to be a son of a candidate. It's hard to be a brother of a candidate. I think it may be the hardest thing to be the dad of the candidate.
My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.
My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.
My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.
My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how she managed it.
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.
My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.
Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.
My dad owned a propane company in Oklahoma.
My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't.
I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their...
My grandfather, Harry, died when my dad was in his early 20s, so I never met him. Amazingly, he was 6ft tall. That gene definitely never filtered down to me!
I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
