Arthur is my middle name; George is my dad’s middle name.
When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us – he was a wild guy, big on jokes.
My dad, who I’m very close to, is one of those men where once you’re in, once he loves you, that’s it, no questions about it.
My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.
I don’t deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that’s one thing I am constantly working on – pain management.
Growing up, I always said I would never go in to education. Both of my parents were teachers – my dad was also a principal and a superintendent. I just didn’t want to be part of the school system.
I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It’s been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction – he loves demolition and building new walls.
I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid.
Parents don’t understand kids and kids don’t understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.
When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.
I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o’clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.
My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people’s opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.
My dad leaving my life. That’s the biggest thing that happened to me. I just remember what he tells me, the memories, and try to move on forward each day, knowing that he’s still here, looking down on me.
I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it’s cool when I fix things around the house.
When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always joined and riding through the paddock on my bicycle.
My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game.
My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.
Once my sister was older, she and I would do lots of hobbies together. We took dance lessons and put on shows at home; tap dancing on the granite fireplace, which must have mortified my dad.
I watched ‘Rugrats’ and ‘Spongebob’ because my dad liked ‘Spongebob’ too, so I loved having that on.
Dad was a very, very principled man, and he hated any kind of story where the baddies get away with it.
I was raised – my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you’ve made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can’t go back and undo that decision.
I think it was Dad who gave me my nickname ‘Katy Custard,’ recognising my deep, positive and lasting relationship with it.
My dad is 20 years older than my mom. Growing up, I felt like he knew everything. I felt like, for every question I had, he had an answer.
My dad was a big grinder, a tough guy. I inherited that from him.
I love all kinds of music. My dad’s from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
