David Rockefeller Quotes

I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful.

Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad listened to '80s music, my mom listened to Motown, my brother listened to reggae, and my granddad was the one that got me into jazz and swing music.

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a working class family in Leeds and when it comes to money both my parents worked hard and instilled the same attitude into me.

My father was one of ten children.

I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents.

I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.

My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me.

I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for me.

My mother is an artist, my father an entrepreneur.

My father and mother were both doctors, yes.

Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from.

I was not aware of what my dad had accomplished. I grew up with him playing football.

When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.

My father was a TV scriptwriter. He would perform his dialogue out loud, while my mum transcribed it at the typewriter. So I grew up thinking that plucking characters out of the air was an extremely normal way to behave.

It's harder for me to relate to people who don't have families that are loud and crazy.

A lot of people ask me if I only get all this attention because of my dad. The answer is no.

I think coming from a big family, it helps you to keep your sense of humor about certain things... even politics.

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have to tell you, I got all of my attributes from them, obviously, the tangibles, the intangibles. Particularly my work ethic, my dedication.

We inherit the family we're born into and create the family we need.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

The way it worked was my mom came from a musical family, and my dad didn't - he was a pathologist.

I'm an only child raised by a single mom. She's always been supportive of what I wanted to do.