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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.

I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' was when I was asked if I'd had enough.

When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

My dad is the type of person that says yes to life, and to the adventures it throws at you. Because of that, he never forced me into a particular career, or had wild expectations for me; his concern was simply that I was fulfilled and happy.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.