Quotes About Father

My dad was a freedom fighter in Denmark against the occupational forces - the S.S. and the Gestapo and all that.

My dad told me when I was very young, that I should not get married before 30. His only advice to me was to live my life.

It was the first fight I had with my father. My father basically said, why are you going to business school? You're just going to get married and have kids and you won't use your degree. And it's expensive. We had a knockdown, drag-out fight, which was great. Yeah. In the driveway. My father said, 'You're on your own.'

He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant.

My father is good with advice, as you might guess. But he keeps it short, and the takeaway is usually the same: to help us find our own way and our own gifts.

I always danced with my father in the living room. He did lifts with me, and he would twirl me around, and we'd laugh and giggle.

My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life, and we lived good.

My father used to give me a lot of advice.

I get a lot of advice from my dad about how I should be as a human being, but as an actor, I think he'll give me advice once I'm doing a film for him.

As a kid, I saw that Dad lost a lot of money in casinos, and I didn't understand that. I thought this must be a great business. At the same time, I saw when I was with him - and I was with him a lot of the time - that this was a really cool business, and it was fun and glamorous.

I am aware of the risk with all the media attention, all the glitz and glamour around football. And that was the only piece of advice my father gave me about my future - to stay myself. I know where I come from.

My son has dubbed me 'the Glove'.

My dad would come to pick me up from high school in a beaver-skin cap, big gloves, his parka and everything. It was so funny to see him show up - his beard all frozen from being out with the dogs.

I know when I'm not dancing, and I go home, I usually work with my dad, who's an electrician. So I do stuff like that. I used to be a landscape gardener. I loved that job. But I'd like to be involved with entertainment. Singing or something, I guess.

My dad wants me to do action. Every time I go home, he asks me if I'm doing an action film or not, because then he wants us to do it together.

Lee Marvin was my godfather and a very close friend of my father's. My father directed the very successful 'Point Blank' in which Lee Marvin starred.

Mani is not just my Godfather. He is almost like a father to me.

Dad was certainly a free spirit and had his own ways. He was very proud of my golf achievements but more proud of the person I've turned into. He brought me up to lead a very balanced life.

When I was 4, my dad let me 'help' him back out of the driveway, but I'm amazing at driving golf carts.

My dad was a pool-equipment salesman. He died when I was 12. Heart attack on a golf course.

My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me.

My dad was a really good golfer, and he just taught me how to play.

Tuff Gong is the name of our father's enterprise, and we're continuing his legacy.

My husband is a good father, concerned about his children.