I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms. Ann Romney
It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job. Tony Dungy
My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through. Pamela Anderson
My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff. Mike Myers
My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly. Mike Myers
My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office. Mike Myers
My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will. Ruben Studdard
I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. Bear Grylls
Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to. Wayne Rooney
I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder. Sharon Stone
Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically. Geoffrey Rush
My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done. Thierry Henry
So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad. Ron Perlman
My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. Rainn Wilson
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. Rainn Wilson
The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet. Rainn Wilson
I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings. Rainn Wilson
As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice. Anthony Kiedis
I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker. Anthony Kiedis
In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?' Cynthia Nixon