Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around. ”

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal. ”

We have a house in Umbria that we bought just before we went to America. That meant we couldn't go there as often as we thought, but now we're back, we're going to start using it more. I love the light, the countryside, the language and the fact that children are accepted everywhere. The Italians get passionate about everything, too. ”

To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy because I wouldn't need to find that gag in a line. ”

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday. ”

Words have power. The things that you say to yourself as a parent - the things that you say maybe even just one time to your children - they take it, and they take it into their real world and into their life and beyond. ”

I really believe that parents need to know they are shaping the future of their children. ”

My best memory was probably scoring a penalty against Manchester United. ”

It happens in football: you are loved one day and hated the next. ”

My dad's from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up in a white family, I'd say. ”