Quotes About Upbringing

My family background was deeply Christian.

Given my family background, whenever, as a child, I was asked about becoming an actor, I used to answer in the negative.

I'm a traditionalist, a family man. I love my kids. I believe I have brought them up the right way. They are all very different: they have different drives, different ambitions. They are never going to be me. They are going to be themselves.

You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.

My dad was the biggest Alabama fan ever, and I was brainwashed.

I have brought up a fantastic family.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life - my father and mother are still in love, still happy.

My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.

I grew up on such a small island, and professional theater seemed so far away. I never, ever thought I'd get so lucky to be appearing in movies.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

I grew up on a farm, and I had good, natural South Tyrolean food.

I grew up on a farm.

I think it is good to grow up on a farm, with nature, with animals and everything when you are young.

I don't really trust people who don't like dogs. We always had dogs on the farm I grew up on near Bolton.

I was on a farm basically from the age of 3 until I left for college - really thought that was all I was ever going to do.

I was born and raised up in a small farm.

I was big and fat and had weird parents.

I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.'

People's fates in life are decided largely by their schools.

I grew up without a father figure.

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

Growing up with just my mom, it went so well. It worked out so well. It was normal to me. I wasn't really looking for a father figure.

Fatherhood is something that is personal to me because I didn't grow up around my father.