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" My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the past. "
Steve Irwin
Me
Past
People
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" Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites. "
Steve Irwin
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Bad
Job
" My dad is so unique in what he does. It's not like I'm taking a torch from him and doing his thing. I hope I've carried from him a little bit of a sense of irony, a little bit of a wink. "
Willie Geist
Doing
Him
Hope
" I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model. "
Bill Burr
Think
People
You
" My dad was a laborer. And he used to get up at 5:30 every morning. He worked for 50 years of his life, in all weathers for, by showbiz standards, petty cash. I remind myself of that when I feel a little bit spoiled or hard done by. "
Ricky Gervais
Petty
Done
Feel
" My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. "
Al Pacino
College
World
War
" One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.' "
Josh Dun
Money
You
Job
" I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in modelling when it can be such a fake world. But my dad told me I could make a difference by being true to myself and teaching people what I've learnt about spirituality, health and nutrition. "
Miranda Kerr
Health
World
People
" Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him. "
Lara St. John
Never
Forget
Great
" Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me. "
Jennie Finch
She
Mom
Me
" When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away. "
Hugh Jackman
Me
Door
Daughter
" When I was young, I was the kid who would call my dad from a slumber party to beg him to come pick me up. "
Kendall Jenner
Up
Young
Party
" All Pro Dad is an organization that started down in Tampa in 1997. And it was just a group of us who felt like we weren't doing as good a job as our fathers did in connecting with kids and being there and being involved in their lives, working and coaching and spending all the time we had to. We just felt badly. "
Tony Dungy
Good
Coaching
Time
" The whole thought of being a dad was scary to me. "
Paul Walker
Thought
Being
Dad
" When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit. "
Jennifer Grant
Day
Spirit
Remember
" When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed. "
Lou Brock
Bed
Kid
Problem
" I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun. "
Joey Fatone
Food
Wife
Time
" I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off. "
Shakira
Teacher
Music
Me
" A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. "
Enid Bagnold
Baby
Always
Woman
" The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Scary
You
Fear
" My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun. "
Wiz Khalifa
Me
Influence
Have Fun
" To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard. "
Rebecca Black
Group
Friends
Random
" My dad, for the first 15 years of my career, on every visit he made to a play or a film set, would find the oldest person on set and say, 'Do you think my son has a future?' "
Kenneth Branagh
Career
You
Son
" My dad gave me a haircut... and it wasn't a very good one. When I went out of the house, my friends got on my case and said it looked like someone put a chili bowl over my head and cut around it. "
Chili Davis
Good
Friends
House
" I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad. "
Dominic Purcell
Kids
Myself
More
" My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles. "
Steve Buscemi
Family
Know
Out
" I worked as an accountant in an auditor's office, at a textile showroom, a telephone booth, and a fast-food joint while studying. My dad found it odd, but he never interfered in any of my decisions. "
Vijay Sethupathi
Studying
Accountant
Decisions
" My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail. "
Trevor Noah
Weekends
Used
Spend
" A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing. "
Tyson Fury
Time
Sunday
Friday
" I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. "
Joe Wright
Actor
How
Learned
" My dad was born in Haiti, and my mom was born in Tunisia. She is the daughter of a white French woman and a black, half-Guadeloupian, half-American man. My mom traveled the world a lot. She went through Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. She just got to experience a lot of different cultures, and that came through my childhood. "
Cecile McLorin Salvant
Daughter
Experience
Man