Quotes by Dad I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent. Domhnall Gleeson agentsdadgiving I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground. Dominic West dadmotherthinking My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket. Domhnall Gleeson dadteacherjobs People always want to ask me about my dad. Which I get because he's a phenomenal actor, and that's for the world, that's out there. But my mother is every bit as impressive and as important for the world as my dad is. It's just that she's not an actor. Domhnall Gleeson dadmotherpeople My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish. Dominic West mumdadparent My dad said, 'In school, be a Catholic. At home, be a Hindu.' So we did both. Deepak Chopra dadhomeschool 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 dadmomlaughing Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.' Don Henley dadherosong Kids clearly help center you because you can't impress your kids. People are like, "Oh, are they so excited because you're Ironman?" My kids couldn't care less. They like it when I hang out and play dad. I impress them by playing video games with them and doing well. Your kids humble you. Don Cheadle dadhumblekids I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid. Donal Logue cousindadmom I saw The Empire Strikes Back the week that it came out. My father was a huge Star Wars fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me. Donald Faison dadstarsfather One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation." Donald Glover dadwantconversation I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I thought I would like to be an actor. I didn't have any idea what it was to be an actor. None. I'd wanted to be either an actor or a sculptor, which are both essentially the same thing. That's how it all started for me. Donald Sutherland dadactorsideas I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there. Donald Glover dadtroubledark Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration. Donavon Frankenreiter dadhusbandinspiration At the core of these movies, Saw One and Saw Two, it's a very real situation. A guy cheats on his wife and didn't value what he had. It's the same thing in my story. Being a dad and playing someone whose last words to his son were 'go to hell'. I say to my son, the last thing I say is 'I love you'. Donnie Wahlberg dadreallove-you I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with. Dolly Parton smartdadwriting The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart. Dorianne Laux dadwritingkids I've always been aggressive and an underdog, and my dad was worried that I would always be that: constantly seeking inspiration from negativity. Doseone negativitydadinspiration I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad. Dolly Parton dadnaturalthinking«4142434445464748495051»
