One of the scary things is that, when you’re a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you’re an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too. – David Duchovny
My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father. – Dolores Huerta
Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. – Geraldine Brooks
I’m a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox. – Dee Bradley Baker
We’re not much of a camping family. When I was in Cub Scouts, we went camping once, and my dad snored the whole time and kept me up. It wasn’t that fun. – Chandler Riggs
My dad was a diehard Cowboys fan. I was raised as a Cowboy fan, and I was forced to be a Cowboy fan. – Dak Prescott
The only day I remember of my parents’ marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone. – Ellie Goulding
When I grew up, my dad always used to watch ‘Star Trek’ and any and every sci-fi show you could imagine. I used to watch it with him, and I loved it. – Erica Cerra
My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles. – Natalie Morales
I grew up in Gillingham in Kent, and my dad commuted to Victoria Station every day. I remember travelling in with him one day and the noise, the people, and the heat leaving me wide-eyed and grinning. – Douglas Hodge
My dad’s Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I’ve been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15. – Elliott Yamin
In the ’80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly. – Gary Kemp
When my dad died, I developed a nervous habit. He was very shy and quiet, and I was like him. – Crystal Gayle
‘Nil By Mouth’ was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that’s not my dad. – Gary Oldman
If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I’m past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it’s gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way. – Derrick Rose
My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn’t diminish ‘The Jerk.’ If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes. – Noah Baumbach
That’s what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they’d have to get new candidates. – Meg White
For my kids, it’s just weird to see your dad pretend to be someone else. It’s weird to see your father make out with another woman. It’s not cool. – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I’ve got all these names… but my Dad always called me Mick. – Mickey Spillane
As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me. – Christine Keeler
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. – Chely Wright
My mom always liked the idea of us acting – me and my sister – like, one of us trying it. But my dad always thought it was a joke. – Matt Prokop
I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan. – Chad le Clos
