My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.
My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.
Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do… The trumpet requires a lot of diligence, and I haven’t had the time.
My dad would call me his Cuban princess because I had really dark olive skin because I was always in the sun; but I don’t really go in the sun anymore, so that is why I am so white.
Mum and dad are always looking out for me; they just want the best for me.
Whenever we got the chance to watch a game with my dad, it was like watching video with an NHL coach.
My dad used to take me to training in bangers, and we used to push the car. He would do whatever it would take, so I owe my family.
I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I’ve wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
My mom’s a social worker, and my dad works in non-profit organisations.
My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who’s logged more hours than that guy.
Yeah, I was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. My parents lived in a little town called Eagle Grove. My mom taught high school and my dad was an instructor at the community college.
My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to ‘You Are My Sunshine.’
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
From when I can remember, I wanted to be an actress. I am a die hard fan of dancing and would take my dad’s clothes and my mom’s clothes and dance in front of the mirror. I loved my dad’s clothes, as they had a lot of glitter in them.
My dad used to say, ‘You wouldn’t worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.
‘Superstar’ Billy Graham was someone that my dad taught from A to Z, from tying up to submission wrestling. Billy was more of a showman than a wrestler. My dad used to love tying Billy in knots, and Iron Sheik would be watching.
It’s an ongoing joy being a dad.
My mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud… It was always interesting, and I really enjoyed that my parents always included us in their lives.
My Dad is my hero.
Whether that was in the Chepauk Stadium in Madras or at the Ilford Cricket School, there was a daily diet of cricket run by my dad. It was a hard school but he knew what he was doing. Everything I achieved was down to my dad.
I was 6, and I was in the opera ‘Carmen.’ My dad sang opera and got me into the children’s chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn’t make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
I’m not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I’m not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear.
Bobby Ball, who plays my dad in ‘Not Going Out,’ is very funny. He has a magical sense for comedy that nobody has been able to replicate.
More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I’m still amazed at the number who aren’t and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom’s got to be the one who stays home, not dad.
