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Father Quotes


"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."


"To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one."


"I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband."


"The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane."


"It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father."


"He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around."


"My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine."


"If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father."


"He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one."


"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."


"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."


"On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad."


"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"


"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."


"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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