Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.
My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
Although my mother and father were both completely legit, it was all around me, this crime and licentiousness.
I caught the acting bug from my dad.
It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
My dad was a cop. My mom worked at various jobs - she worked as a homemaker, a bank teller, a bartender.
My father's a character.
I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.
When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.