The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous. Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes by Kiefer Sutherland More Quotes From Kiefer Sutherland My mother was an extraordinary theater actor in Canada, and when I would finish school, I would go to the theater. I would do my homework, we would have dinner there, she would do her play, and then me and my sister would go home. So I grew up in it that way. Kiefer Sutherland mother home school I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect. Kiefer Sutherland mother profound believe I remember being really grateful that David Lynch had actually even thought of casting me, because I was a huge fan of his. Kiefer Sutherland being-real grateful fans I just always liked the company. 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