When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.
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'.
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.
I think being a dad is scary. I mean, I'm not that grown-up myself.
My father was a man of few words.
Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.
My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.
I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'
My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.
Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.