I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom picked me up and she had been mentioning, prior to that, this community production of 'Godspell', a couple towns over. I was reluctant, at first, and...
You know, my mom, who inspired me to be a novelist, I remember her reading 'The Agony and the Ecstasy,' about Michelangelo, and saying, 'No mother would want that for her child, no matter how great the artist.' I have my share of demons, but I am a g...
I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.
My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Honolulu is a melting pot.
If I'm brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.
I was dictating to my mother when I was 5.
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
My mother was a very wise and strong person.
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. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.
Ma Joad: There, gramma! There's California. Grandma Joad: Phbbtt!
I have used Twitter for so many things, from places to stay, places to go, things to do, things I need, medical advice, you name it. Especially when I'm on tour, it really feels like I'm being taken care of by half a million people. It is like having...
My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.
Men are what their mothers made them.
My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.
My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.
I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
