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  • James Caan on dad

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    “I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I’ll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less

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  • Martina McBride on dad

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    “My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he’d listen to a lot of music and the songs that he’d learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.”

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  • Jaron Lanier on dad

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    “My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity – in the sense that I’m willing to live as an adult in a house with walls that are parallel to each other, that sort of thing.” -Jaron Lanier

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  • Sherri Shepherd on dad

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    “My dad worked two jobs and moved us to the suburbs, and just being a black person, I went through a lot of racism and being called names and being bullied every single day. And it was hard. I didn’t have any friends.” -Sherri Shepherd

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  • Curtis Stone on dad

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    “Now that I’m a dad, I’m practicing what I call ‘one- handed cooking,’ because I’ve got something more important in my other arm. I’m whipping up lots of frittatas and omelets.” -Curtis Stone

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  • David Walliams on dad

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    “I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.” -David Walliams

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  • Alan Cumming on dad

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    “My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that’s a good grounding for a balanced life.” -Alan Cumming

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  • Dan Stevens on dad

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    “My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small – panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There’s traditionally a part of the show where they’ll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad

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  • Nicole Richie on dad

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    “You know, I’m just – I’m really happy for my dad.” -Nicole Richie

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  • Jason Mraz on dad

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    “I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.” -Jason Mraz

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  • George Clooney on dad

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    “I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad’s sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.” -George Clooney

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  • Matt Groening on dad

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    “I think ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’ have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that ‘The Simpsons’ is taking jokes from ‘Family Guy.’ And I can tell you, that ain’t the case.” -Matt Groening

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  • Cynthia Nixon on dad

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    “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

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  • Rainn Wilson on dad

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    “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

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  • Ron Perlman on dad

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    “So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.” -Ron Perlman

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  • Geoffrey Rush on dad

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    “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

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  • Sharon Stone on dad

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    “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

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  • Bear Grylls on dad

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    “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

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  • Ruben Studdard on dad

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    “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

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  • Pamela Anderson on dad

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    “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

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  • Anthony Kiedis on dad

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    “I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he’s been known to be a Wikileaker.” -Anthony Kiedis

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  • Wayne Rooney on dad

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    “Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.” -Wayne Rooney

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  • Mike Myers on dad

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    “My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.” -Mike Myers

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  • Ann Romney on dad

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    “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

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  • Dennis Wilson on dad

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    “The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.” -Dennis Wilson

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