My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad.
My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.
My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.
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.
My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.
My father was a huge influence on me.
Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship with their own parents.
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.
My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.