Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.
I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.
My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super supportive. Like once I did a set, and he says, 'Sheesh, no wonder you're still single.' I was like, 'Eight ball, corner pocket, da...
I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy things. I don't want to lead you down the wrong path. It would be about insignificant things. Like, I wouldn't make th...
I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.
My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.
The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.
The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.
I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad...
My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.
My dad, like, he's the most trusting human in the world.
I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.
I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17.
My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop culture. I definitely got the impression that pop was evil and that Britney Spears was evil.
I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.
My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.
