Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It had no mother.
My father is a psychologist who wouldn't let fear stop us. Particularly with me, he was hell bent on requiring us and teaching us to walk through fear. I don't know if I would've become someone who taps into their ability to push through those tough situations without him.
'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.
As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum.
When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
I'd work to make it hip again to spend time in our fabled and fabulous land. But with a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother, I would probably be better suited as mayor of New York.
I used to carry my father's Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.
My father was the classic Puritan. Hold the emotions in check. Keep up appearances.
And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.
My father came from a Quaker family. His father was a professional artist who did portraits - very traditional, a lot of religious subjects.
The kids go to a Quaker school. Their father and I believe a lot in community, social responsibility, making sure you give to people less fortunate than you.
But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there.
My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!
I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
My father was a rabbi and had a little synagogue in Canada, so I'm from Canada. I left there at 16.
My father was a racetrack bookie.
With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure that had a huge influence on me. However, my father had more influence on me just by the way he lived, because the way he was at the racetrack was the way he was in everyday life.
