Rich Sommer Quotes

I'm raising a child, and it's public. The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

Becoming a father is the biggest change you go through in life - at least that I've gone through in life.

The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.

Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Having a son is not all pleasure.

Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an evil single parent - needed to be explored.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into.

I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.

I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best.

I've had three of my own children and spent my professional life thinking about children. And yet I still find my relation to my children deeply puzzling.

You can fudge a lot as an actor, but you can't fudge being a parent.

I would define the new aspects of fatherhood like this: It is 75 percent amazing and 25 percent demoralizing. I think any new parent can understand exactly what I'm talking about.

I would love to be a dad. There are plenty of comedians who have kids. But they're dads. Being a dad is so different from being a mom.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.