My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
My parents were just as smart as I am, just as hard working if not harder; I think my father and grandfather were probably better men, yet I've been able to accomplish things professionally that they were not able to.
My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.
My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.
My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.
My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion.
Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy.
When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.
I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person.