A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.
— Ben Affleck
My devotion stemmed from my mom's love of horses. I have been riding since I could walk, and the fact that my mom knew everything about horses really helped my passion grow.
— Bella Hadid
I quit wrestling in 2006 because I just got lost. My mom didn't want me wrestling. I was wondering if I was going to make it in wrestling; I got injured in a match. I was 19. I was away from home, living in Florida, and I just got lost. I couldn't face it, so I stepped away.
— Becky Lynch
My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.
— Beau Bridges
My greatest role model is my mom because she's a Renaissance woman. She has had many careers over the course of her life because she really is just an extremely creative, passionate person and is very involved in many different things.
— Beanie Feldstein
How did I feel as a guy who was making a movie about a single mom who's a crackhead? That - I was scared. I mean, it was scary. But part of that's because it was so personal and real to me.
— Barry Jenkins
Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
— Barbara Corcoran
America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.
— Barack Obama
My mom was an opera singer. She did all the classical music, and I heard it. I know every opera. I know every classical piece of music.
— Bakermat
I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd just turn on the TV. I grew up watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. I adopted him as one of my male role models.
— Bailey Chase
My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
— Bailee Madison
My mom is very religious - Catholic - and from a young age they brought me to the church.
— Bad Bunny
My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O.
— Azita Ghanizada
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.
— Ayesha Curry
I feel really strongly about immigration because my mom is... from Jamaica. She still has a green card here.
My mom passed away when I was 4 years old, and she came from a very conservative Korean background. I feel like my life would've been incredibly different had she still been alive.
— Awkwafina
I love being a mom - I really do! I didn't realize how much I would love it!
— Autumn Reeser
I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform and availed herself of any opportunity she could in the mountains of North Carolina in the '70s.
— Bellamy Young
My mom used to call me a 'jean hoarder' growing up because I had so many pairs of jeans - and I still do.
— Behati Prinsloo
I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that my mom makes almost every Christmas. It's the best!
— Becky G
My mom rebuilt our family. That's why my dad spent so much time talking about my mom, who he's incredibly proud of.
— Beau Biden
Growing up watching WWE, they used to have bra-and-panties matches or pillow fights, and that's why my mom didn't want me to watch wrestling. But when my parents divorced, I was able to watch wrestling again, and that's when I started to really get into wrestlers like Ivory.
— Bayley
I come back to Vegas pretty regularly. Quick visits, and I usually just kind of lay low, see my mom, and then get out of there. But every now and then, I'm able to kind of come for extended stays and see some people.
— Baron Vaughn
I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all the time. I'd be darker when it was dark out. But as an adult, I really love it.
— Banks
My mom and I used to dance to the Jackson 5 in our living room.
— Baker Mayfield
Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
I honestly don't even know how I got into acting. It happened so quickly because my mom and sister used to do commercials, and apparently when I was little I would unbuckle myself from the stroller and crash their auditions.
No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn't tell what to say, how is someone else going to?
There were moments growing up where I felt beautiful, but I truly didn't feel beautiful all of the time until I became a mom. It really allowed me to realize no one is perfect.
I launched Little Lights of Mine because I was a young, 23-year-old new mom. I was home at the time and looking for direction. I started the blog as a place to just share everything. It quickly turned into a food-based blog where I would share all of my favorite recipes.
Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.
— Ayelet Waldman
I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.
— Avril Lavigne
My mom is the type of mom who wonders why I haven't used my psychology degree to become a successful clinical psychologist.
— Autre Ne Veut
I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.
My first time coming over to North America was to New York around Christmastime when I was 7. My mom was a flight attendant, and she got put on to the Trans-Atlantic route over Christmastime, so she brought the whole family.
Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.
— Bebe Rexha
I was a lucky, lucky boy to have the mom I had and the mom I have now.
I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
— Barry Sternlicht
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
— Barbara Ehrenreich
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
— Barbara Bush
One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.
— Bam Margera
I would never put myself before my mom.
My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at the time because I can't remember. I've just been blessed ever since.
My favorite subject was English, and I wanted to study English abroad when I was young, when I was a kid, but my mom said 'No, it's too dangerous to go abroad by yourself.' So I gave up.
— Bae Doona
Whenever my mom goes to Afghanistan, I'm just like, 'Bring me jewelry.'
The one thing my mom taught me was to never go to bed without washing my face, and so I wash my face at least twice a day.
I am a working mom, so to be able to have a space for my kids as well as a space for my work, it's just great. That is what balance is.
Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.
— Ayda Field
My mom cooks traditional Albanian food for every holiday. She's an amazing cook.
— Ava Max
