My dad and I had been close - he called me Tuyet Bang, Vietnamese for 'avalanche,' because of my nonstop energy. I took a lot from him, like being a risk taker, and I know how much he loved my mother.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.
I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.
I've always stayed really close with my mother and my father.
My father was a huge influence on me.
My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.
My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my dad was better through his friends than just in the hospital visits.
I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.
My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.
I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.