Quotes by Dad I used to do a Saturday drama group called Young Blood Theatre Company with school-friends in west London - nothing to do with my mum and dad. A casting director came to pick people out for a new BBC children's series called 'MI High.' She picked me, I auditioned, and I got the job. Bel Powley medadchildrenpeople My dad's an actor, and my mum's a casting director and a writer. Bel Powley actordirectorcastingdad My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger. Ben Barnes leavedadi-canschool I guess I'm weirder than I thought, particularly as I think about me as a dad. Ben Falcone thoughtthinkmedad He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies. Ben E. King namerestauranttalentdad I quit college and neglected to tell my dad. Benmont Tench quittelldadcollege My aunt Maxie had a plastic guitar in her closet, and I started playing that, going nuts on it. I went to stay with my dad, and he saw how much I was into it, and I put my first guitar on layaway. It was a Kay Starter Series guitar and Gorilla amplifier. Benji Hughes stayplasticguitardad I grew up watching my dad scout games live. They played on Saturday. Sometimes they wouldn't get the films until Monday. Sunday air shipping from wherever the college team was located - Starkville, Mississippi, or wherever the film was coming from. It took two days. Bill Belichick livedadteamsometimes I buried my dad the day I started Craig David's tour. Buried him, got on this tour bus in Stratford, and hit the road. Mixed emotions. Big Narstie roademotionsdaydad I'm a California Angels fan because that's the first game my dad took me to see, and they stuck with me. Bill Engvall angelsgamemedad I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called a Watergate, and some guy named Gerald Ford who my dad knew who had just become president, and how all these things fit together. Bill Huizenga placedadtogetherremember It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth. Bill Paxton gamemyselfdadmom We were driving by the local athletic association in Orange Park, Florida, and there was this sign for T-ball signups. I was maybe 6 or 7, and my dad looked at me and said, 'Hey, do you wanna give this a try?' Billy Butler meyoudrivingdad If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing. Billy Butler doingneveryoudad I was always into sports and a lot of physical activities. My dad was a kickboxer and a body builder. My mom was an aerobics teacher. Billy Magnussen dadmomteachersports My dad was 32 in college, and my brother wore 32 in college. So I'm just going to stick with it. Blake Griffin justdadbrothercollege One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan. Bindi Irwin daydadworktoday My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative. Bob Balaban loveddadbusinessschool One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads. Bob Latta liveneverthingsdad I'm not going anywhere. My dad lived to be 102. And we've got Super Bowls to win. Bob McNair livedgoingwindad«229230231232233234235236237238239»
