Art Alexakis Quotes

I grew up in a town without fathers.

A lot of people don't even know that about me, I grew up without a father.

I grew up without a father figure.

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

Of course there's some things that I would have liked to have... none of my friends growing up had their father in the house. None of 'em. We had uncles and stuff like that, but nobody had a father in the house, none of my friends.

My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

I didn't have a father figure in the house.

I grew up mainly with my mother, and I would see my father from time to time. But I didn't have a constant male figure.

I didn't have a dad coming up. I didn't have someone to be scared of.

My father was not really a presence for me. He was away; he was in the German army.

The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

In my entire life I've spent maybe three weeks with my dad under the same roof.

I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be.

My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather.

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.

I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men.

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

if we are honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.