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"Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to."

"Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

40

"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

40

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Father, Acting, Career, Day

40

"Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano."

"Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Father, Dad, Guitar, Now, Play

40

"My father was often angry when I was most like him."

"My father was often angry when I was most like him."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

40

"My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike."

"My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike."

Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

40

"Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle."

"Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Father, Now, Want

40

"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Father, Heart, Film

40

"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."

"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."

Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant

Father, Mistake, Acting, France

40

"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."

Linda Evans, American Actress

40

"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

40

"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."

"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."

Mel Torme, American Musician

Father, Dad, Love, Movies, Performance

40

"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal."

"My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal."

Edward G. Robinson, Romanian Actor

Father, Friends, Trying, Zeal

40

"I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me."

"I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me."

Dick Dale, American Musician

40

"I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job."

"I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

40

"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

39

"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Father, Disappointment

39

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?"

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?"

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Time

39

"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."

"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."

Dominic Monaghan, Irish Actor

Father, Dad, Mom, Fact

39

"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

Father, Dad, Science, College, Medicine

39

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

"We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Father, Dad, Bizarre, Feeling, First

39

"My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire."

"My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire."

Deana Carter, American Musician

39

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Love, Movies, Brooks

39

"In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on."

"In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Father, Kids, Mythology

39

"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

39

"Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian."

"Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mom

39

"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is"."

"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is"."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Father, Dad, Positive, Feeling, Future

39

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Trust, Women, Sons

39

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Father, Awareness, Losing, Quiet

39

"I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches."

"I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches."

Aaron Neville, American Musician

Father, People, Churches

39

"We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled."

"We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

Father, Dad, Family, Mom, Parents

39

"My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true."

"My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true."

John Astin, American Actor

Father, Dad, Blood

39

"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."

"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."

Donny Osmond, American Musician

Father, Attitude, Challenge

39

"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

38

"In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it."

"In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Father, Kids, Old, Voice

38

"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

Norman Lear, American Producer

38

"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."

"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

Father, Childhood, Influence

38

"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

38

"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."

"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

Father, Dad, Time, First

38

"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

38

"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

38

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

Ismail Merchant, Indian Producer

Father, HusbDaughter, Friend

38

"I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."

"I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Father, Character, Acting, Theater

38

"My father was an ardent socialist for many years."

"My father was an ardent socialist for many years."

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

38

"My father was an agnostic."

"My father was an agnostic."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

38

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

Kid Rock, American Musician

38

"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."

"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

Father, Dad, Fault, Guitar, Now

38

"Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?"

"Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?"

Dionne Warwick, American Musician

Father, Care, Man

38

"I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm."

"I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Father, Dad, Time

38

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand."

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

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