My dad was an assembly line worker at AC Spark Plug, which was a division of General Motors, and his job was to build and then inspect the little spark plugs as they came off the line.
— Michael Moore
I went to quite a nice school as a kid, where everyone was quite posh, because my dad was making some money.
— Michael McIntyre
I just wish I could understand my father.
— Michael Jackson
My dad had these great Benny Goodman albums that I was obsessed with, and Louis Prima's another guy I loved, and Peter Niro the jazz pianist. I loved international music: Irish music, Mexican music. I love the different colours that they all have.
— Michael Giacchino
I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.
— Michael Douglas
I have six brothers and sisters. My mother has six kids from two different marriages. And we would just sit around making fun of each other's dad, and all our dads had real problems.
— Michael Che
I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.
— Michael B. Jordan
When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis - never did. We worked so that we could eat.
— Melvin Van Peebles
My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.
— Melanie Fiona
But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.
— Mel Gibson
HBO is turning 'Game Change' into a miniseries, and they've cast Ed Harris as my dad.
— Meghan McCain
My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.
— Meghan Markle
My dad used to hunt ducks, and my mom would put them in the pot. We lived really modestly. We had very little money.
— Megan Fox
I think it's time that we had a dad of Middle Eastern descent on TV. The time is ripe for the Middle Eastern 'Cosby Show.' Or, as I like to call it, 'The Mazby Show.'
— Maz Jobrani
My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'
— Mayer Hawthorne
I don't mind talking about my dad because he's such a good dude.
— Max Winkler
I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.
— Max Irons
My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.
I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad.
— Michael Keaton
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
— Michael J. Fox
My dad gave me his camera, so I spent my childhood making movies with the kids in the neighborhood as actors.
When I went home at 20 to tell my parents, 'I don't want to be an engineer, I want to try and write books,' I was braced for, 'That's not gonna happen.' But I didn't get that response, and maybe it was because of my dad's experience of having an artistic dream and having to put it aside.
— Michael Connelly
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
— Michael Bergin
When I was ten, I went to seven schools in one year in Nova Scotia. Me and my mum moved there so that I could be closer to my dad, who is an ice-truck driver, but it didn't work out.
— Mia Goth
Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.
— Melissa George
My mom is very practical, and she originally wanted me to have something to fall back on. She was a little fearful of my becoming an actor because she didn't see it as a way to make a living. My dad, who was born and raised in Cuba, was really cool with it.
— Mel Rodriguez
I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.
— Mekhi Phifer
I think my dad always saw how happy I was on set.
My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.
My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.
— Meg Cabot
I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like Don Corleone is he was always breaking off hundreds. I'd be like, 'Hey Dad, I'm going to McDonald's with my friends,' and he'd just whip out a hundred: 'Here, go, have fun.'
My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.
— Maya Lin
I love my dad so much. I don't have that cool thing where I have dad issues.
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
— Max Cannon
It's hard to see your dad once in a blue moon.
I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor.
My dad had a great record collection, which included some music from Mexico, and so I always loved it.
I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy... and then I did Spain and France by myself.
— Michael Fassbender
The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.
— Michael Chiklis
I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.
Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.
— Merry Clayton
My dad taught me to read by reading comic strips in the Saturday paper and Archie comics.
— Melanie Scrofano
Mum and Dad have both got very well-tuned senses of humour.
— Mel Giedroyc
When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.
— Meghan Trainor
It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable.
It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.
— Meghan Daum
My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!
I grew up in Northern California - Marin County, Tiburon. And it's interesting. It's a very rich place, but a lot of the affluent people are - they're not as showy. So, like, they might have, like, a Saab or a Volvo. And then here comes my dad from Iran. He buys a Rolls-Royce.
After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud.
— Maxine Peake
My dad had a company, and there were various films that hadn't gone into production that I'm trying to nurture.
— Max Minghella
