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"I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl."

"I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

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"You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher."

"You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher."

Joan Cusack, American Actress

48

"I always wanted to be a mom."

"I always wanted to be a mom."

Kate Hudson, American Actress

41

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

40

"I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself."

"I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself."

Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity

39

"My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her."

"My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mom, Fire, First, Smoking

38

"Everyone checks out my mom. My mom's hot."

"Everyone checks out my mom. My mom's hot."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

36

"Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like "What did you do to yourself?" I was so embarrassed."

"Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like "What did you do to yourself?" I was so embarrassed."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

Mom, Idea, School

36

"I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week."

"I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

Mom, Work, Luxury, Satisfaction

34

"Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year."

"Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year."

Hailee Steinfeld, American Actress

Mom, Time, Acting, Inspiring

33

"My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself."

"My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

Mom, Trust, Care

33

"My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it."

"My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Mom, Work, Cancer

30

"I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star."

"I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

30

"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."

"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

29

"My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers."

"My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers."

Pauly Shore, American Comedian

Mom, People, Being, Careers

29

"My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father."

"My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father."

Wendy Liebman, American Comedian

Mom, Father, Thought, Voice

28

"I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch "Singin' in the Rain" and "White Christmas" - those kind of movies."

"I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch "Singin' in the Rain" and "White Christmas" - those kind of movies."

Lucas Grabeel, American Actor

28

"My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more."

"My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more."

Alan Jackson, American Musician

28

"I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked."

"I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked."

Eminem, American Musician

Mom, Schools, Welfare

28

"Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump."

"Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

Mom, Dream, World

27

"When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces."

"When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces."

James Franco, American Actor

27

"I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it."

"I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it."

Jerry Doyle, American Actor

Mom, People, Want, Will

27

"It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles."

"It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Mom, Artists, World

26

"Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great."

"Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

26

"My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy girl once in a while."

"My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy girl once in a while."

Tiffani Amber Thiessen, American Actress

26

"My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV."

"My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV."

Christian Slater, American Actor

26

"I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood."

"I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood."

Mandy Moore, American Musician

Mom, Travel, Blood, College

26

"Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there."

"Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there."

Amy Grant, American Musician

Mom, Dad, Christmas, Play

26

"I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person."

"I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

25

"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."

"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Mom, Character, Children, Dress

25

"My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy."

"My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

Mom, Family, Kids

25

"Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's."

"Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's."

Amanda Peet, American Actress

Mom, Time, Character, Years

25

"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."

"When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway."

Holly Marie Combs, American Actress

Mom, Work, First, Months

25

"My mom is definitely my rock."

"My mom is definitely my rock."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

24

"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Mom, Time, Play, Theory

24

"My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job."

"My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Mom, Brother, Actors, Houses

24

"I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin."

"I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin."

Bryan White, American Musician

24

"My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music."

"My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music."

Travis Barker, American Musician

24

"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Mom, Son, Thoughts, Church

24

"My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger."

"My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Mom, Being, Choices, Conversation

24

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Mom, Father, School

23

"My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures."

"My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures."

Ashton Kutcher, American Actor

23

"Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds."

"Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Mom, Uniqueness

23

"I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew."

"I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Mom, English, Word, Years

23

"My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe."

"My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe."

Michelle Obama, American First Lady

Mom, Honesty, First, Girls

23

"I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place."

"I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Mom, School, Voice

23

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mom, Fashion, Memory, Wine

23

"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."

"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

23

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Mom, Movies, Sister, Daughter

22

"An agent saw one of the plays I did at ACT, but my mom was like, No, she's too young. I became so annoying that a year and a half later she just couldn't stand hearing me any more!"

"An agent saw one of the plays I did at ACT, but my mom was like, No, she's too young. I became so annoying that a year and a half later she just couldn't stand hearing me any more!"

Marla Sokoloff, American Actor

Mom, Act, Hearing

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