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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

25

"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

22

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

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

Ashley Scott, American Actress

21

"I always wanted to be a mom."

"I always wanted to be a mom."

Kate Hudson, American Actress

21

"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

21

"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

19

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

18

"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

17

"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

17

"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

16

"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

15

"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

14

"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

13

"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

13

"I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'"

"I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'"

Mary Lynn Rajskub, American Actress

Mom, Beginning, Want

13

"I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again."

"I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

Mom, Reading, Research

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

11

"I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere."

"I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

11

"I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose."

"I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

11

"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

11

"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

11

"My mom is definitely my rock."

"My mom is definitely my rock."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

10

"I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's."

"I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's."

Kate Hudson, American Actress

10

"I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world."

"I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

Mom, Kids, World

10

"I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever."

"I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever."

JoBeth Williams, American Actress

Mom, Being, Danger

10

"I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends."

"I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends."

Alexa Vega, American Actress

Mom, Friends, Sisters

10

"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

10

"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

10

"Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now that I'm a mom, I see what the fuss was all about!"

"Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now that I'm a mom, I see what the fuss was all about!"

Martha Quinn, American Celebrity

Mom, Kids, Now, Parents

10

"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

10

"I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying."

"I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Mom, Brother, Trying, Visit

9

"My mom is a sculptress."

"My mom is a sculptress."

P. J. Harvey, British Musician

9

"I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd."

"I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd."

George Thorogood, American Musician

Mom, College, Drinking, Kids

9

"But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party."

"But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Mom, Thought, Being, Kids

9

"Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese."

"Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom."

"I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Mom, Boston, Brothers

9

"I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm."

"I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

Mom, Children, End, Grief

9

"We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events."

"We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Mom, Thought, Events, Friends

9

"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

9

"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

8

"My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot."

"My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot."

Little Milton, American Musician

8

"My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me."

"My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

Mom, Play, Right

8

"I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread."

"I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

Mom, Life, Daughter

8

"I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework."

"I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework."

Vanna White, American Celebrity

8

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