My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice. Shuler Hensley on mom
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life. Aleksa Palladino on mom
Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life. Molly Shannon on mom
I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work. Linda Cardellini on mom
My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. Matt Lauer on mom
Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows. Lindsay Ellingson on mom
When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her all the time. I was forever with her when she was having coffee in the middle of the afternoon with her three sisters. And they would talk about men. I absorbed a lot of that. Richard LaGravenese on mom
My earliest memory is seeing Michael Jackson in Melbourne with my sister when I was about ten. I still have this souvenir stick with a glove that would light up and make a peace sign in a bunch of different colors. I'm so happy my mom didn't throw that out. Emilie de Ravin on mom
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. Dayo Okeniyi on mom
Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans. Patina Miller on mom
They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.' Charlotte Rae on mom
I usually travel with a lot of people, like my dad, mom and sisters. Booboo Stewart on mom
I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real computer freaks. Florence Henderson on mom
My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong. Booboo Stewart on mom
Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded. Schuyler Fisk on mom
I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah. Tracee Ellis Ross on mom
My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her. Amy Jo Johnson on mom
Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be. Tracee Ellis Ross on mom
I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time. Natasha Calis on mom
So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that. Patrick J. Adams on mom