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  • Dan Savage on dad

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    “My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he’d met when I came out to him were corpses.” -Dan Savage

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  • Kyle Chandler on dad

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    “I grew up in Chicago, so I’ve always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we’d watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters – they were

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  • Serena Williams on dad

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    “My dad is a marketing mastermind.” -Serena Williams

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  • Marion Cotillard on dad

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    “My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.” -Marion Cotillard

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  • Len Wein on dad

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    “I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.” -Len Wein

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  • Katherine Jenkins on dad

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    “In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I’ve been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.” -Katherine Jenkins

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  • Jordin Sparks on dad

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    “I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.” -Jordin Sparks

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  • Eric Bana on dad

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    “I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, ‘Bring back the spikes, Dad.’” -Eric Bana

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  • Michael Sheen on dad

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    “My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother’s into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.” -Michael Sheen

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  • Hugh Laurie on dad

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    “My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven’t fallen since.” -Hugh Laurie

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  • Eddie Vedder on dad

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    “I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There’s an insanity that goes with writing – a mad scientist thing that you have to go through – and sacrificing a kid’s upbringing to do that is not an option.” -Eddie Vedder

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  • Thom Yorke on dad

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    “My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and he’s screaming right-wing, so there you are.” -Thom Yorke

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  • Jeffrey Kluger on dad

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    “The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it’s the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it’s the most sensitive. It’s not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite – and typically they don’t.” -Jeffrey Kluger

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  • Tim Roth on dad

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    “My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.” -Tim Roth

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  • Fiona Apple on dad

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    “But I honestly don’t read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can’t hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.” -Fiona Apple

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  • Gwen Stefani on dad

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    “My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.” -Gwen Stefani

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  • Al Pacino on dad

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    “My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my

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  • Charles Schumer on dad

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    “Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren’t sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation’s

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  • Shirley Manson on dad

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    “I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends’ parents were punks or hippies.” -Shirley Manson

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  • Gordon Ramsay on dad

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    “I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.” -Gordon Ramsay

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  • Leonardo DiCaprio on dad

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    “You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.” -Leonardo DiCaprio

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  • Gwyneth Paltrow on dad

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    “My dad always said he couldn’t remember a time when I did not want to act.” -Gwyneth Paltrow

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  • Marc Jacobs on dad

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    “Yes, I always remember my dad’s, mom’s and my grandma’s perfumes.” -Marc Jacobs

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  • Julie Burchill on dad

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    “When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure.” -Julie Burchill

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  • Maya Lin on dad

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    “My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.” -Maya Lin

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