Bernardo Silva Quotes

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors.

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living.

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

I had a chance to go on the Supreme Court of the United States, and my whole family was more disappointed in my deciding not to do that than in my deciding not to run for president - much more.

My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

Had I not made it big, my family would have told me to recheck my decision. Now that I am successful, there is no way. They have to accept it gracefully.

I had a beautiful mother and a famous father, and I didn't know where I fit in.

I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.

There's nobody in the arts in my family. It was kind of embarrassing to even say that I wanted to be an actor.

I think if you're young and you're being compared with a successful family member, it's really hard to maintain any sense of self-worth and credibility.

My family has never put pressure on me. They've always been supportive no matter what.

I was just putting way too much pressure on myself. I was just trying to get that validation from my dad. It got so bad I remember my high school coach telling him not to show up to games.

I've never, ever set my sights on getting 100 - it's more my family. My dad's been counting down the caps for every single home game, and he's been to every single one I've played in England.

If I've had a bad game, I know I've had a bad game, and I don't mind hearing it.

My weight was a huge issue as a young person. For my mother, for my father, and for my siblings... nobody in my family is overweight. And here I come.

If I don't call my mom back, she'll go on Twitter and say, 'Adam hasn't called me. I'm worried about him,' and strangers will say, 'You're horrible. You go call your mom right now!' It's very complicated.

I think there's always been a little performer in me. But having a family that are Jamaican immigrants, having this idea that, 'Oh, that's what you're going to do for a living?' seems kind of out of reach and not a reality. It's like, 'get a real job.'

My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.

I remember when I first wanted to act my parents were supportive, but it was that they were like please, if you can find something else in the world, don't do this. So it wasn't even they're like 'Oh we've been waiting for you to arrive, welcome to the family business' kind of thing.

When I played baseball I got death threats all the time--from my mother.

I think a lot of the way I live my life is not just for me, which has sometimes been a burden. A lot of the choices I make are in order to make them [my parents] proud.

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.

People are just not impressed by me at home.