Quotes About Influence

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

My mom drove like Britney Spears with the steering wheel and me right here [in her lap]. I'm fine, I turned out okay.

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.

Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.

Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!

I don't know my biological father. That could have had a huge impact on my life had it not been for the fact that my dad married my mom when I was one and raised me as his own.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother.

Mom, thank you. Mr. Palmer, my father I never had, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a man.

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'

It's not my business to raise anybody else's kids. Mom and Dad got to do all that.

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.

I always had an interest in fashion because my mom is a celebrity fashion stylist. I grew up being on set or in showrooms.

My biggest role model? Def my Mom and my sisters!

Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

My mom just told me the lines, because I didn't know how to read yet. I copied them and that's what I did.

I've always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she's pretty.

My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.