'Because I said so!' They are the most underrated four words. Steve Schirripa More Quotes by Steve Schirripa More Quotes From Steve Schirripa I tell my kids, 'I'm your father, not your friend - but I'm also the best friend you're ever going to have because no one is going to care for you the way I care about you.' Steve Schirripa care father kids David is the show. There are other writers, but it's David's vision. Steve Schirripa vision shows I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood. Steve Schirripa bad-mood sometimes book Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match. Steve Schirripa ping-pong dad sometimes I've been offered 'Celebrity Fit Club', where you have to take off your shirt and get on a scale. I got kids, man. I'm not going to humiliate myself. I'd rather drive a cab. Steve Schirripa clubs men kids Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way. Steve Schirripa mistake kids way With girls, there's an insecurity that starts early on. It hangs around them, like some annoying kid from down the block who won't take the hint and go home when dinnertime comes. And moms are usually not great at giving their daughters confidence. Steve Schirripa daughter girl mom As far as my own life goes, I don't buy into the Hollywood scene. Steve Schirripa my-own hollywood scene Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War. Steve Schirripa daughter mom war I've worked too hard all my life to have my kids control my life. Steve Schirripa hard kids I'd like to form a club just for fathers. Specifically, fathers of daughters. There would be lots of overstuffed leather chairs, wood paneling, dim lights. The works. Steve Schirripa daughter light father Being the father of girls is a kind of illness, in its own way - since any guy who has tried to live in a house with a wife and two daughters is, without any doubt, going to go certifiably nuts. Steve Schirripa daughter girl father There's no such thing as quality time; there's only quantity time. Steve Schirripa quality-time quantity quality So I dipped into my childhood and came up with Nicky Deuce. I wanted him to get into a lot of mischief, like the time I taped a fork to a broom handle and cattle-rustled a steak off the barbecue of the next-door neighbor. Steve Schirripa deuces childhood doors Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes. Steve Schirripa parent mistake thinking If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are. Steve Schirripa matter character mean In every movie and every TV show, the dads are morons. And dads tend to react by doing what dads do best: They check out. They say, 'Ask your mother.' Steve Schirripa react doing best mother People get that dads have a place in the lives of their sons. But you have to be just as present with daughters, maybe even more so. You have to get in there and be part of the game. Steve Schirripa place game you people Some people will humiliate themselves or their families just to be on television. Steve Schirripa some-people will people television When people tell me that I'm a hothead, I have one response, 'You got a problem with that?' Steve Schirripa me you problem people
