Mum Quotes - Page 17

• My mum's American. She's from Detroit.

  Rebecca Hall

  Detroit

  "Rebecca Hall chats about being Vicky in 'Barcelona'". Interview with Donna Freydkin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. August 25, 2008.

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• One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

  Rebecca Hall

  Black And White, Personality, Hollywood

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

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• I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now.

  Celia Imrie

  Mother, Husband, House

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• The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!

  Jeremy Irvine

  Jobs, Real, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

  Max Irons

  Dad, Thinking, Smoking

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• I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.

  Patsy Kensit

  Mother, Brother, Want

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• My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.

  Patsy Kensit

  Christian, Stars, Dior

  "Patsy Kensit: My family values" by Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2011.

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• I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

  Patsy Kensit

  Catholic, Church, Comfort

  "Patsy Kensit: My family values". Interview With Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2011.

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• In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.

  Gary Kemp

  Dad, Thinking, Important

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• I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

  Jay Kay

  Two, Feet, Kicking

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.

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• I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.

  Martine McCutcheon

  Safe, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive. Even in the house my mum used to put me in my pram because I was so full-on.

  Zayn Malik

  Kids, House, Used

  "One Direction's Zayn Malik: 'I was a handful as a child'" by Rebecca Davies, www.digitalspy.com. September 18, 2011.

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• It wasn't through choice that I became a mum at 36. I wanted to be a young mum but things never worked out for me.

  Denise Van Outen

  Choices, Young, Wanted

  "Denise Van Outen interview: I wanted to be a young mum but it wasn't to be". www.mirror.co.uk. January 1, 2011.

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• I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met.

  Kelly Osbourne

  Thinking, Mouths, Mets

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• I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum.

  Kelly Osbourne

  Training, Being The Best

  "Kelly Osbourne’s Baby Fever: ‘I’d Be The Best Mum Ever’". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2012.

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• My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.

  Rita Ora

  Couple, Dad, Sweetest

  "Riotous Rita Ora talks wardrobe malfunctions, Jay-Z, Eurovision and getting smashed on whiskey" by Gavin Martin, www.mirror.co.uk. August 24, 2012.

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• The day I get too big for myself, my mum will slap me down!

  Mitch Hewer

  Bigs, Slap

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• I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

  Cherie Lunghi

  Political, Television, Grew Up

  "I've an overactive brain". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2008.

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• I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

  Teresa Palmer

  Running, Dad, Kids

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• I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.

  Natasha Richardson

  Dad, Father, Loss

  "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.

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• Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...

  Stuart Rose

  Mother, Nice, Successful

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum."

  Andrew Sullivan

  Mother, Eight, Said

  "Andrew Sullivan, American by Choice". Interview with Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2011.

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• My mum's advice is never to whine to my friends, so they never see the other side of me. I save all my problems for my mother.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Mother, Advice, Sides

  Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Dad, Grandchildren, Want

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

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• Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

  Bruno Tonioli

  Jobs, Car, Upholstery

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