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"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

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"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."

"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."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Father, Truth, Act, Acting

44

"We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around."

"We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around."

Lil' Romeo, American Musician

Father, Dad, Play, Songs

44

"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

43

"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs."

"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

Father, Dad, Songs, Writing

43

"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

Father, Survival, First, Years

43

"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."

"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Father, Dress, Eyes, Lady

43

"So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy."

"So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music

43

"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

43

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

John Leeson, British Actor

Father, Dad, Army

43

"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

43

"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

43

"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

43

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

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

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

43

"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

43

"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

43

"Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state."

"Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state."

Gerald McRaney, American Actor

Father, Dad, Houses, State

43

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

"My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

Father, Dad, Time, Act, Want

43

"My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything."

"My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything."

Shane MacGowan, Irish Musician

Father, Dad, Control, Responsibility

43

"Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies."

"Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

Father, Devil, Lies, Pride

43

"Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that."

"Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

Father, Dad, Work, Fun, Play

43

"My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?"

"My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?"

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

43

"For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even one of those years would have been a precious gift."

"For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even one of those years would have been a precious gift."

Michael Milken, American Criminal

Father, Relatives, Years

43

"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

43

"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

43

"If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe."

"If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

Father, Dad, First, Talk

43

"Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father."

"Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Father, Interest, Now

43

"What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener."

"What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

42

"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."

"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."

Robert Klein, American Comedian

Father, Difference, Drama, Ivy

42

"My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants."

"My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Father, Being, Plants, Trees

42

"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

42

"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

42

"I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the father of the faithful, in the name of all his seed."

"I will begin first to search out this right by that magna charta, that great and faithful charter which was made to Abraham, the father of the faithful, in the name of all his seed."

Thomas Goodwin, English Clergyman

Father, First, Name, Right

42

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

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

Brian Littrell, American Musician

Father, Husband

42

"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."

"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Father, Thought

42

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

42

"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

42

"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."

"My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved."

Honor Blackman, British Actress

Father, End, Holiday, Rain

42

"The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music."

"The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music."

Zac Hanson, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Company, Kids

42

"The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled."

"The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

42

"My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff."

"My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Army

42

"The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role."

"The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

42

"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

42

"You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now."

"You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Father, Dad, Daughters, First, Now

42

"In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives."

"In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Draft, End

42

"Tiffany is very proud to have the last name and she's proud of her dad."

"Tiffany is very proud to have the last name and she's proud of her dad."

Marla Maples, American Actress

Father, Dad, Name

42

"I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it."

"I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

Father, First, Longing, Old

42

"And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet."

"And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Father, Dad, Thought, Play

42

"Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession."

"Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

Father, Goal, Career, Medicine

41

"Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically."

"Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Father, Dad, Time, People, Ideas

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