I'm happiest with my family and with working.
When I look at my family, that's all life means, right there.
I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I like the idea of women taking care of their men.
I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.
I think about my daughter when I'm doing stuff, and I want to see it through her eyes, and I want her to be proud of me, for what I do.
I have been grateful for the influence of my grandmother and my grandfather in my life. I remember my grandmother as a queenly woman. My father could be stern, and my grandparents would remind him that we were just boys.
There is no day more joyful in my life than when I see all my family around me. That's the best it gets.
Being a father is just wonderful.
I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just surrounded with love, when I'm with my family and we're all having a wonderful time together. There's nothing greater than your family surrounding you.
You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.
My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.
I would always thank my parents in everything I do because they sacrificed everything for me to do what I love.
My dad always supported me. Sometimes we didn't have anything to eat for breakfast, but if we could eat lunch and dinner, we weren't poor.
The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave.
I feel blessed: having a family is something that I've always wanted. Having a second child is the realization of a dream come true.
'Cake' is a simple, almost traditional and relatable story, that highlights family values and intimate relationship dynamics within a family.
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
It's nice being married to somebody who thinks you've got something better in you.
One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife.
Being a parent is very important to me.
I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.
At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to measure my success - not how I did as counsel to the president or as attorney general. How did I do as a dad?
When I came out, it wasn't a big formal conversation like in the movies. I just started living as my true and authentic self and opened up my life to my parents - sharing who I was, and bringing a girlfriend when I came home for a visit. To my great surprise, my parents accepted me for who I was and have supported me since.
The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.
My priority is to hang out with the ones I love - my family, my loved ones.
