Peggy Rathmann Quotes

I feel good about who I am.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.

I wasn't particularly funny in high school, but I grew up with three older brothers who were quite funny.

My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.

There were six kids in our family, and I grew up fast. I had to do a lot of things on my own. I was a rebellious teenager. That's why coming into the film business was good for me because it gave me some discipline. Once I became an actor, I had to grow up a little more.

I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.

My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.

I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying.

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago.

I think probably everyone can relate to wanting to believe that your parents are one thing, and having to come to the realization that they might not be.

We all have this moment, when your folks first see you as someone not growing up to be them.

I had to believe in myself from quite a young age. And I had to grow up pretty early.

I think turning 30 - and same with turning 21, 25, or turning 18 - those are moments in life where something new is expected of you, or you expect something new from yourself.

I'm forever grateful to have had the opportunity to prove myself to my dad. After I took over the diner, the look in my father's eyes went from disappointment to respect.

I'm a big brother, I'm the first of four.

When I was younger, I used to spend a lot of time either by myself or with my mom. But when I hit high school, she really became one of my close friends.

After the World Cup, I feel more mature, more confident.

I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.

I think kids are in your temporary care, and that they probably arrive with pretty much the personalities they're going to have. I grew up in a perfectly traditional family and turned out how I did. I'm not sure there's much that the family can do except lots of love and lots of care and lots of chances for them to develop the best they can.

As I grew up and really - 22, 23, 24 - I was faced with new problems that were bigger. A lot of them were issues that pertained to people that were super close to me.

My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.

Most people acquire a softer side with age and sometimes with dad that has been quite weird to see.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

Everyone has their awkward phase. I think everything passes, and that is key to remember - none of us looked like this when we were younger... Everybody grows into themselves, and you learn about yourself.