Steve Schirripa Quotes

• Being the father of girls is a kind of illness, in its own way - since any guy who has tried to live in a house with a wife and two daughters is, without any doubt, going to go certifiably nuts.

  Steve Schirripa

  Girl, Daughter, Father

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• I tell my kids, 'I'm your father, not your friend - but I'm also the best friend you're ever going to have because no one is going to care for you the way I care about you.'

  Steve Schirripa

  Father, Kids, Care

  "'Sopranos' star discusses his 'Big Daddy' rules on raising daughters" by Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2013.

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• As far as my own life goes, I don't buy into the Hollywood scene.

  Steve Schirripa

  Hollywood, Scene, My Own

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• There's no such thing as quality time; there's only quantity time.

  Steve Schirripa

  Quality, Quality Time, Quantity

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.

  Steve Schirripa

  Book, Bad Mood, Sometimes

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• I've been offered 'Celebrity Fit Club', where you have to take off your shirt and get on a scale. I got kids, man. I'm not going to humiliate myself. I'd rather drive a cab.

  Steve Schirripa

  Kids, Men, Clubs

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• Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

  Steve Schirripa

  Mom, Daughter, War

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• Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match.

  Steve Schirripa

  Dad, Ping Pong, Sometimes

  "Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look". Book by Steve Schirripa, www.today.com. 2013.

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• Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way.

  Steve Schirripa

  Mistake, Kids, Way

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• With girls, there's an insecurity that starts early on. It hangs around them, like some annoying kid from down the block who won't take the hint and go home when dinnertime comes. And moms are usually not great at giving their daughters confidence.

  Steve Schirripa

  Girl, Mom, Daughter

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• David is the show. There are other writers, but it's David's vision.

  Steve Schirripa

  Vision, Shows

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• I've worked too hard all my life to have my kids control my life.

  Steve Schirripa

  Kids, Hard

  "'Sopranos' star discusses his 'Big Daddy' rules on raising daughters" by Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2013.

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• I'd like to form a club just for fathers. Specifically, fathers of daughters. There would be lots of overstuffed leather chairs, wood paneling, dim lights. The works.

  Steve Schirripa

  Daughter, Father, Light

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes.

  Steve Schirripa

  Mistake, Thinking, Parent

  "BigDaddy's Rules: Raising Daughters is Tougher Than I Look". Book by Steve Schirripa, www.today.com. May 7, 2013.

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• So I dipped into my childhood and came up with Nicky Deuce. I wanted him to get into a lot of mischief, like the time I taped a fork to a broom handle and cattle-rustled a steak off the barbecue of the next-door neighbor.

  Steve Schirripa

  Doors, Childhood, Deuces

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• If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are.

  Steve Schirripa

  Character, Mean, Matter

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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