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"Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorizing them in terms of class; I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder."

"Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorizing them in terms of class; I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder."

Tom Hiddleston, English Actor

Father, Dad, Society, Son, Class

6

"Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad."

"Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad."

Mark Hoppus, American Musician

Father, Dad, Kids, Parents

6

"The singing was something I got from my father."

"The singing was something I got from my father."

Woody Herman, American Musician

Father, Singing

6

"The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow."

"The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

6

"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."

"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."

Marcia Cross, American Actress

Father, Dad, People, Living, Problems

6

"I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must have heard them quite a bit, but it never registered, really. Now I listen to them with new ears."

"I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must have heard them quite a bit, but it never registered, really. Now I listen to them with new ears."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

Father, Sister, Now

6

"There will always be a father."

"There will always be a father."

Gary Gilmore, American Criminal

6

"He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant."

"He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant."

George Martin, English Producer

5

"But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24."

"But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

Father, Dad, Mom, Mother

5

"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."

"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."

Noah Hathaway, American Actor

Father, Acting, Writer

5

"My father was gone when I was three years old."

"My father was gone when I was three years old."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Father, Old, Years

5

"More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the character on their dads and then I added my dad."

"More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the character on their dads and then I added my dad."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

Father, Dad, Character, Now

5

"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."

"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."

Ricky Skaggs, American Musician

Father, Children

5

"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."

"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."

Anne Heche, American Actress

5

"My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen."

"My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen."

Jonny Lang, American Musician

Father, Dad, Friends, Guitar, Medicine

5

"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."

"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Father, Dad, People, Actor, Parents

5

"You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me."

"You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Father, Acting, Career, Friends

5

"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

5

"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Father, Dad, Knowledge

5

"I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up."

"I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

Father, Dad, Growing up, Wood

5

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

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

Michael Reagan, American Host

5

"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Father, Progress, Importance

5

"The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces."

"The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

Father, Favorite, Sons, Will

5

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

Bill Maher, American Comedian

Father, Credibility, Liberal, President

5

"I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."

"I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."

Esai Morales, American Actor

Father, Spiritual

5

"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."

"My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Father, HusbChurch, Right

5

"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

5

"My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year."

"My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year."

Mila Kunis, American Actress

Father, Dad, Mom, Education, Life

5

"My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician."

"My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Father, Dad, Fact

5

"I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person."

"I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Father, Brother, Man, Practice

5

"My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama."

"My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

5

"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."

"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."

Moon Unit Zappa, American Musician

Father, Dad, Open

5

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Father, Class, Man, Poor

5

"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."

"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Father, Dad, Mother, Children, Day

5

"I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey."

"I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Father, Dad, Children, Memories, Water

5

"That's a tough question; I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

"That's a tough question; I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

Will Estes, American Actor

Father, Dad, Acting, Job, Question

5

"When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years."

"When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years."

Frank Butler, American Screenwriter

Father, Thought, Dumb, Pretty

5

"In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school."

"In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Father, Dad, Time, College, Jobs

5

"My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew."

"My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

5

"George Burns was the father I never had."

"George Burns was the father I never had."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

5

"Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels."

"Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels."

Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman

Father, Angels, Earth, Enjoyment

5

"One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other."

"One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Father, Memories

5

"They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father."

"They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father."

Andre Braugher, American Actor

5

"I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me."

"I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Father, Son, Thought

5

"Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt."

"Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

5

"But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father."

"But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

5

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

Eminem, American Musician

5

"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

5

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Father, Sister, Problems

5

"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

5

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