Brian J. White Quotes

My dad played football - and tennis as well - and so did my brothers. My dad was chairman of our local club, Spartans, for a while. But back when I was a boy, people didn't think of football as a career.

My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I was a kid that worked with children's jingle singing groups. I used to sing jingles as a kid.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

I feel like I've lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me.

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

Blessed with Mom and Dad's remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes, Larry and I, before entering kindergarten, knew who we were, what we wanted, and how we would get there.

Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I've spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.

My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though.

My mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud... It was always interesting, and I really enjoyed that my parents always included us in their lives.

Just knowing your dad is a professional basketball player, it just makes you feel like you're destined for.

My whole family growing up played sports, so I'm definitely from a strong sporting background.

I used to play everything, but people in my village said football is in my blood because my father has been a footballer.

There was always a piano around the house and I've got other brothers and sisters but I'm the youngest, and none of them ever wanted to play it. So I guess I was the only one that was gonna end up playing it, if it was one of us.

There's a misconception that I can't relate to the quote-unquote 'Asian-American experience' because I didn't grow up with an Asian mom and dad. And that's just not true. I am Asian American, and so playing a girl who is half Korean, half white, but her white dad tried really hard to connect with her mom's heritage - that's very familiar to me.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

My dad used to be a Greco-Roman wrestler, and he was Norwegian champion six years on the bounce from 1966 to 1971. But I never saw him wrestle. I've only read the clippings.

But I'm the child of a tiger mom.

Why was I so single-minded about acting? Acting wasn't in the family; no one went to the theatre in my street. It wasn't encouraged in my school.

I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.

My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!

I grew up in a family where law was in the air we were breathing.

I grew up thinking that it's okay to be sad, angry, and express your emotions. I have also banged doors and fought, as I have seen my mom do that when she would fight with my dad. Everything that I've learnt is from them, so I've never struggled to express myself.