Quotes About Family

I grew up in Northern Ireland, didn't have a lot of money and getting over to Glasgow to watch a game was probably a lot to expect from my mum and dad.

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.

Dragged out of your bed at the age of seven, my mother screaming, six kids under the age of 12. I'm not equating my experience with the people who lived in Northern Ireland. But my dad was always out and about late at night, and I could not go to sleep until I knew he was in.

My Norwegian family says, 'You're the most grounded American we've ever met.'

For me, food is all about nostalgia.

When a film engages a lot of family members, then automatically a sense of nostalgia works for them. That once upon a time they were a part of a joint family.

Me and my dad, we're both quite nostalgic people.

I'm not the number-one fan of the heavy holiday meal. And also, I didn't grow up eating them, the traditional Western holiday meals, so it's just not something I have a nostalgic relationship to.

Alia and Shaheen have a smart father and have got good genes. But it's not fair that people expect them to do as well as their father.

I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.

I still dream of having a lifestyle brand but it's not good enough to have that selfish dream when your kids are getting older and have their own interests.

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.

I am not interested in anyone and will let my mother decide about my marriage.

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

I have a family who are desperately not interested in sharing their life with the world.

I've always been a bit of a lost soul, and I think that goes back to me being adopted and not knowing my roots.

I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.

'Everything To Me' is about everything that's important. It's about my wife, my kids, it's about life, about being happy. It's about life in general, you know, about not knowing what's going to be around the corner, but you've got to enjoy it and enjoy the things you have. My wife, my kids, my health, and stuff like that.

My dad used to work a night shift when I was five years old, so I would get up when he went to work and watch Johnny Carson. I remember not knowing what was going on, but loving it.

There are not many things that can happen much worse to a family than having a member taken and not knowing what happened to them.

My parents were not perfect, but no one's parents are. As childhoods go, mine was pretty comfortable and good in a lot of ways, and yet I still ended up with anxiety.

We are, you know, not perfect. We live every day day-by-day, and we do the best to make our mom proud.