My Mom Quotes - Page 35

• My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

  Kevin J. Anderson

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

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• So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

  Patrick J. Adams

  Mom, Age, Want

  "Patrick J. Adams Talks SUITS, Joining the Show, Challenging Scenes, Improv on Set and Fan Expectations for the Rest of Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 14, 2012.

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• My mom was paranoid about my safety.

  Jane Smiley

  Mom, Safety, Paranoid

  "A Few Remedies for the Right to Bear Arms" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012.

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• I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

  Elliott Yamin

  Mom, Soul, Age

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• One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  Mom, Brother, Dad

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

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• I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about the business. She married my stepdad when I was about four, and he had been an actor. Because I was a really smiley kid and could read, which is something they're always looking for, she just decided to give it a shot.

  Charlotte Arnold

  Mom, Kids, Giving

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• One of the roles I hold really close to my heart is a small "under-five" role I did on "The Young and the Restless." I think I did about four episodes and it meant so much to me, simply because it was my mom's all-time favorite soap.

  Emayatzy E. Corinealdi

  Mom, Heart, Thinking

  "'Middle of Nowhere' Star Emayatzy Corinealdi on Her Breakout Leading Role". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. September 11, 2012.

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• I need my mom for moral support plus to do the house things.

  Melky Cabrera

  Mom, House, Support

  "Torrid-hitting Giant making name for self" by Henry Schulman, www.sfgate.com. June 1, 2012.

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• My mom is always with me. When I made my major-league debut I told her, 'That's it. You don't work anymore. I'm going to work and take care of you.

  Melky Cabrera

  Mom, League, Care

  "Torrid-hitting Giant making name for self" by Henry Schulman, www.sfgate.com. June 1, 2012.

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• At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.

  Reese Hoffa

  Mom, Believe, Reading

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• I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn’t really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

  Rainey Qualley

  Mom, Art, Two

  "Andie MacDowell and Rainey Qualley Prove Mighty Fine". Interview with Alex Simon, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.

  Booboo Stewart

  Mom, Mother, Strong

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

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• Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

  Schuyler Fisk

  Mom, Who I Am, People

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• My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.

  David Giuntoli

  Mom, Anxious, Wanted

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

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• There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.

  Chaske Spencer

  Mom, Kids, Eye

  "Chaske Spencer, Actor (Twilight)". Interview with Gabriel Canada, www.racebending.com. August 17, 2010.

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• I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?

  Tarsem Singh

  Mom, Mother, Religious

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• My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C.

  Ian Harding

  Mom, Dad, Army

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

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• I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

  Jayma Mays

  Mom, Growing Up, Fans

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• My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

  Alyson Hannigan

  Mom, Thinking, Taught

  "Alyson Hannigan Followed Mom Emilie Posner's Advice on Marriage to Alexis Denisof" by nationalledger.com, April 30, 2012.

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• My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves.

  Amanda Hocking

  Mom, Grandma, Talking

  "A Self-Published Author's $2 Million Cinderella Story". "All things considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. January 8, 2012.

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• My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.

  Jane Horrocks

  Mom, Baby, Memories

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• My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

  Chanel Iman

  Girl, Mom, Mother

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• We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriously about modeling and put a stack of magazines in front of me, then told me to study all the poses. The ones I loved the most were in 'Vogue.

  Chanel Iman

  Mom, House, Magazines

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• My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.

  Chris Isaak

  Mom, Song, Growing Up

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• I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

  Janis Ian

  Mom, Guitar, Band

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