Supportive Parents Quotes

• I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.

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  Darren Criss

  Art   Real   Believe  

  Interview with Katie Mendelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 7, 2010.

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• I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

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  Justin Timberlake

  Parent   Supportive   Really Great  

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• My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

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  Nellie McKay

  Mom   Parent   Supportive  

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• My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents.

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  Olivia Williams

  Parent   Supportive   Mines  

  "Olivia Williams: My family values". Interview with Maureen Patton, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2012.

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• I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.

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  Amy Chua

  Daughter   Mother   Beach  

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• I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration.

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  Christopher Gorham

  Blessed   Inspiration   Kids  

  "Christopher Gorham of Covert Affairs: Overcoming Failure and Having Kids". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Love. It's God's greatest gift. He fills our world with it and makes sure we grow up with caring, supportive parents. I'm just kidding. Pain is God's greatest gift. Pain is God's way of saying, "Hurts, don't it ? Wel, go ahead. Say, me dammit again."

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  Christopher Titus

  Hurt   Growing Up   Pain  

  "Titus / Racing in the Streets". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.

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  Anthony Rapp

  Parent   Supportive   Ifs  

  "From musical to memoir, actor Anthony Rapp comes up with dramatic making-of 'Rent' story and moving personal one" by David Wiegand, www.sfgate.com. February 21, 2006.

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• I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

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  Leah Ward Sears

  Faith   Two   People  

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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• I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.

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  Bill Simmons

  Soccer   Daughter   Pride  

  "B.S. Report", grantland.com. March 1, 2012.

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