Quotes About Upbringing

My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.

I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old. Mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.

I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what he told us in the letter.

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

I grew up thinking I had very little value. It's not something I felt I could share with my mom so it was all inside me.

My mom always said I liked to stir the pot with a glittering spoon.

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.

I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

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.

People always ask my mom what I did as a kid. My mom says, "He wasn't a bad kid. He was never an unruly kid, always listened and obeyed."

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

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

I don't think I ate a green vegetable until I was 30. I didn't grow up with a mom who enforced that at all.

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 brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

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

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Culture, when it comes to food, is of course a fancy word for your mom.

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.

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

They had a big court battle over who got to keep me. Mom won; she made me live with Dad.