In my own life, my parents divorced when I was young. I lived with my dad, not with my mum, after they got divorced. And it's been part of my life.
— Andrew Haigh
I spent loads of time in Scotland as a kid. My dad would take us back up to Aberdeen loads, and I have very fond memories of getting chips from his favourite chippy and heading down to the beach to eat Baskin Robbins ice cream.
— Andrew Buchan
I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.
— Anderson Cooper
David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.
— Amy Sedaris
My dad gave me one of his kidneys.
— Amy Purdy
My dad documented my whole life on video and there are so many recordings of my sister and I dancing and singing along to Michael Jackson's music.
— Amy Macdonald
When it comes to the New Year, I make it a point to catch my mum and dad awake before the clock strikes 12. Then, I celebrate the night with friends.
— Amy Jackson
Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.
— Amy Heckerling
Watching my dad go through all of the different career paths in the entertainment industry that he has, has absolutely influenced me.
— Amber Stevens
I enjoy going to the Y. I take all the fitness classes that my dad takes; that's sort of our bonding - anything athletic, anything sports related.
— Alyson Stoner
My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.
— Allyson Felix
My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'
— Allison Williams
I loved Dad more for treating the biological reality as trivial, irrelevant. He loved me no less than his other three children.
— Allegra Huston
I did a term at Cambridge University studying medicine, so I could potentially have followed in Mum and Dad's footsteps and become a doctor.
— Alistair Brownlee
My dad has children by four different mothers.
— Alicia Vikander
When I moved to London I couldn't afford to rent anywhere. So I housesat for a friend of my mum and dad's - and had to look after her sickly cat. That was the only way I could survive on a meagre intern wage.
— Alice Levine
Before my dad passed away, I would miss a lot of baby showers and weddings, sacrificed a lot of family and friend events for dumb road dates. I don't do that anymore. It's gone in the other direction. I'm more inclined to put family and friends first.
— Ali Wong
In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'
— Andrew Gillum
Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.
— Andre Ward
I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.
— Ander Herrera
My dad gave me life twice. I thank him by using the strong body I now have.
My dad likes to take the mickey out of me for saying everything is 'amazing.'
— Amy Nuttall
When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum, dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.
My dad did a radio show. I was on it when I was seven. So now you know that the showbiz bug bit me really early.
My dad is a singer. He used to sing in nightclubs, or pizza joints.
— Amy Adams
The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year.
— Amanda Hale
From the moment my dad died, from the moment I found out there was the possibility of his dying, there were many surprises - years after, minutes after. The moments I was okay were as surprising as the ones that I wasn't. Making it through the eulogy without losing it. And then the guilt I felt about it. Surprise!
— Alysia Reiner
Dad never interferes in our personal matters. He is a very candid person and knows where to draw the line. He is always there for all of us in the family.
— Allu Arjun
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.'
— Allen Leech
Because Dad was famous, I was so used to being identified as 'John Huston's daughter' that I couldn't think of myself as anyone else.
My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.
— Alison Lohman
I grew up in the Seventies; my dad is an aeronautical engineer and my mum was an English and arts teacher and for a while my family had to exist on one salary.
— Alice Roberts
My dad, in particular, was adamant that I should finish my education. He encouraged me to go to Oxford, for instance, and I rather doubt I'd have gone if he hadn't. I would have gone straight back to L.A. and tried to start my career.
— Alice Eve
My dad used to tour playing guitar with New Edition.
— Algee Smith
Apart from the occasional bit of dad dancing, I really can't dance.
— Andrew Flintoff
My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer; I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he's still one of my favorite writers.
— Andre Dubus III
My mum was an advertising professional till she had me and my dad is a surgeon and is the director of Bhatia Hospital.
— Amyra Dastur
My dad had given my sister and I our starter car, a red, old 1985 Chevy Blazer. It was so beat up, the taillights would fall off, and we would use red duct tape.
I'm always being told I've got an old head on young shoulders, which is probably due to the way my mum and dad brought me up.
My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.
— Amy Klobuchar
My mum is really fair and has blonde hair, and my dad is not dark, either.
My dad was a theater major, and he's acted, and he's done so much television and radio and film, and seeing how much fun he had doing that totally made me want to try.
Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.
— Amanda de Cadenet
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
— Alvin Lee
It took years and a lot of diligence on my part. But I've formed my own thing, and now I get people who are surprised to find out he's my dad. I dreamed that would happen, and it has: I'm no longer introduced to people as Brian Williams' daughter.
I'm just a regular 24/7 dad now.
— Allen Iverson
I knew I wanted to be a professional triathlete, but I didn't know it was possible until I won the junior champs. My dad said I should give Cambridge a go to see if I could do both, but it was only ever a trial.
My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore me, and then he'd impersonate me.
— Alison Goldfrapp
When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram.
— Alice Ripley
Every male comedian of note who is over the age of 45 has a kid, and they talk about it and don't get grouped as 'dad comics.'
