Gene Tierney Quotes

My parents were truly severe.

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

My father was very strict.

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.

I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.

My dad was very rough with us.

My mom could be pretty strict.

Esha can't have it easy just because she is my daughter. I have to be strict.

My nana was strict and didn't express a lot, so naturally, I was scared of him. I would even get the usual 'strict-father' scolding if I didn't study or stick to my curfew.

My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot. Jamie Fraser

My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

My mum and dad were a little like tiger parents. I hate that, but at the same time, I am a little bit proud.

My mom wouldn't let me do child acting.

I was an altar boy, with a very strict father. And movies were always my escape.

My mother had to tailor what I watched.

My mom grew up in the Soviet Bloc, and she was a Tiger Mom. We didn't get away with much.

My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars. They didn't want us to be Hollywood brats.

My parents did the whole good-cop/bad-cop thing - Dad was the bad cop, and Mom was the good cop. I remember my father saying, 'I'm his father, not his friend.' That kind of stuck with me.

I'm a very tough dad. I mean, I'm a fun dad, but I'm a tough dad.