Quotes About Father

My dad played my dad in 'Patriots Day' and that's why he thinks that's a good movie.

I think the most challenging aspect from my father's perspective was probably getting advertising. He really did pattern 'Ebony' after 'Look' and 'Life' magazines.

Only in retrospect can I find clues to my father's gayness. Sometimes the dull detritus of our pasts become glaring strands once you realize they form a pattern, a lighted path to the present.

The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.

My dad, Paul, is, like, my best friend.

Paul was just the most real guy ever. The best big brother, the best son, and the best father. The best everything.

My dad used to play that Paul McCartney song 'Let 'Em In.' That was dope.

I love and appreciate and respect my father. He has paved an incredible way for me, and I want to do the same for others.

I feel like every conversation with my father is like an M. Night Shyamalan movie; 90 minutes of build-up to no payoff.

We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father.

My father was in terrible pain towards the end because of his bed sores, and he did go into hospice, and I think that was better in some ways. You know, I think his death was peaceful, and it was all right. He was just in terrible pain.

Hopefully, I can build a house there with my dad so that he can retire there. That's what he wants and I would love to spend my older days in Ireland. It's peaceful, it's nice.

My dad loves Pearl Jam so I had to like them as well.

You know at 14, when you lose your hero - your father - that's why I hold him on such a high pedestal.

I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.

My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.

The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception was reality and what people thought of you was what was real about you.

Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

When my father was very young, he performed in Billy Rose's Aquacade.

My father was the captain of a cargo ship. When I was about two years old, we used to sail with him. The crew of his ship would dress me up in fancy dress and make me dance for them. I was a performing monkey!

When I was growing up, my father was naturally a very busy man and was not around for long periods of time. Despite that he was always emotionally with me.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

I grew up with a father who didn't wear a watch, and this has permanently marked my relationship with time.