Quotes About Childhood

I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them.

When I was a kid, I thought my dad was a little bit harsh with me at times. Sometimes I needed an arm around me instead of my dad telling me what I did wrong, but it obviously worked.

I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.

What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me.

Me and my dad used to play tag, he'd drive!

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

Growing up with my dad taught me to either lie like a pro or not bother.

I instantly connected with the sport and I have fond memories of growing up on my skating rink that my dad made for us in our backyard.

Dad told me to stop running in circles, I couldn't, so he nailed down my other foot!

I never got into fights with kids about whose dad is bigger and who can beat up who. What am I going to say? My dad can kill your dad when he's asleep?

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

I tell ya, I was an ugly kid. I was so ugly that my dad kept the kid's picture that came with the wallet he bought.

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into.

I don't really have any childhood memories of my dad, unfortunately, .. I was 10 years old when he passed, so my memories are kind of skewed. I don't have many memories of my childhood, period.

I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.

My dad's all I've ever had. When I was 3 and 4, my mom used to take me to bars. I understand why now - babysitters cost beer, beer and-a-half an hour.

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.