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"My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones."

"My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones."

January Jones, American Actress

Father, Dad, Names, Sisters

23

"Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted."

"Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted."

Michael Reagan, American Host

22

"What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money."

"What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Money, Care, Childhood

22

"But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband."

"But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband."

Treat Williams, American Actor

Father, HusbThought

22

"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Father, Christmas, Guidance, Old

21

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Family, School

21

"I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser."

"I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser."

Nikki Sixx, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mom, Being

21

"Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really."

"Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

Father, Dad, Time, Drinking, Present

21

"My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet."

"My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

21

"When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also."

"When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also."

Nicole Richie, American Actress

Father, Dad, Mom

21

"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."

"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

20

"The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad."

"The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Father, Dad, Family, Comedy

20

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Father, Being, Selfishness

20

"My dad heard of a studio on the radio, and it was advertised as a place for kids to meet kids, and it was actually a studio, and that's where I met my manager and agent."

"My dad heard of a studio on the radio, and it was advertised as a place for kids to meet kids, and it was actually a studio, and that's where I met my manager and agent."

Mila Kunis, American Actress

Father, Dad, Manager, Kids

20

"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."

"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

Father, Son, Chance, Footsteps

19

"There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in."

"There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

Father, People, Winter

19

"Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie."

"Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Father, Kings, Limits

19

"I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth."

"I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Father, Dad, Kiss, Daughter, Earth

19

"I just wish I could understand my father."

"I just wish I could understand my father."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

19

"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."

"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

Father, Electricity, Prison, State

19

"I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends, so don't talk to them.'"

"I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends, so don't talk to them.'"

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Father, Dad, Friends, Talk

19

"My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands."

"My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands."

Jason Statham, British Actor

Father, Islands, Now

19

"When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming."

"When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Father, Dad, Songs

19

"I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end."

"I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end."

Michael Reagan, American Host

Father, Dad, Family, End, Rest

19

"There will always be a father."

"There will always be a father."

Gary Gilmore, American Criminal

19

"My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night."

"My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night."

Brion James, American Actor

Father, Dad, Night, Theater

18

"Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin."

"Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

Father, Dad, Family, Brother, People

18

"Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that."

"Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Father, Dad, Job, Play

18

"I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12."

"I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12."

January Jones, American Actress

Father, Dad, Health, Sports

18

"But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father."

"But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

Father, HusbForget, World

18

"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather."

"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Father, HusbBoyfriend, Guest

18

"George Burns was the father I never had."

"George Burns was the father I never had."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

18

"A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma."

"A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Father, Incompetence, Paradox, Sons

18

"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Father, Interest

18

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

18

"Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill."

"Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill."

Michael Reagan, American Host

18

"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Father, Thought, Disney

18

"Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me."

"Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Father, Dad, Attention, Pretty

18

"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."

"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Father, Dad, Music, Life, Friends

17

"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"

"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"

Ellen Muth, American Actress

Father, Thought, Rejection, Ruin

17

"I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that."

"I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Father, Dad, Family, Feeling, Kids

17

"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit."

"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

Father, Dad, Home, Mom, Music

17

"I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17."

"I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

17

"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

Austin O'Malley, American Physicist

Father, Man, Misfortune

17

"I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'"

"I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'"

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

Father, Dad, Drama, Girls

17

"My father taught me how to substitute realities."

"My father taught me how to substitute realities."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

17

"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"

"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"

Cary Grant, American Actor

17

"I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are."

"I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

17

"My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly."

"My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Funny, Silly

17

"Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well."

"Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Father, Dad, Talk, World

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