Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me. Use this quote
When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like, 'It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.' Use this quote
A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination. Use this quote
Your children need your presence more than your presents. Use this quote
I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies. Use this quote
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. Use this quote
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. Use this quote
I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity. Use this quote
I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too. Use this quote
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. Use this quote
How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now. Use this quote
I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength. Use this quote
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. Use this quote
There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. Use this quote
Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?' Use this quote
The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing. Use this quote
Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early. Use this quote
It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people. Use this quote
What was a really private and nice relationship was judged and made to be something ugly. Use this quote
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. Use this quote
