Quotes About Family

For Mum and Dad... work and home is family, so work is family and home is family. We grew up with that.

I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms.

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.

When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted to. Afterwards, I went to Cambridge to study law - in a way, I was carrying the academic hopes of my family, as Mum and Dad left school at 14.

I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house.

Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.

I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.

I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad.

Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.

I drove my mum and dad mad.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud.

Mum and dad are always looking out for me; they just want the best for me.

My mum and dad aren't actors, but we all sit around doing impressions.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

I can deal with having a terrible night on stage in front a bunch of Glaswegians but not a bunch of Glaswegians and my mum and dad.

I think the charm that 'Take Me Out' has, is that your mum and dad can watch, understand and enjoy it, students can understand it and you can watch it with your friends.

My mum and dad got divorced when I was nine and my brother was seven, and all they strived to do was to make sure we weren't affected.

One thing I had more than anything, I had love and support from my mum and dad. My mum used to say: 'I don't care if you become a dustman or a doctor, you can be who you want.'

My mum and dad are great mates.

People had told me to try 'The X Factor' for years, but I thought I'd be moody and hate it all. But it's what I needed. I asked Mum and Dad to come to my 'X Factor' audition, and it was the first time that they'd been in the same room in years.

Other players do not rib me for being the coach's son. They rib me more for living at home with my mum and dad.

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

Mum and Dad have both got very well-tuned senses of humour.