John David Washington Quotes

I never had a father figure so I never missed it.

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home.

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.

I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.

I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.

If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was really only when I married Wyatt Cooper that I understood what it was like to have a father, because he was just an extraordinary father.

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

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.

Unfortunately, I never knew my father and when I did, it was very briefly.

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

I want to be the dad that my father never was.

I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.

I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person.

I grew up without a father figure.

I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to support his family.

Everybody's got a father. Even if he's not the nicest guy in the world.

You think of what might have been different if dad had been around, or how I might have turned out as a person. You just don't know. I might not even be playing cricket.

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

People get that dads have a place in the lives of their sons. But you have to be just as present with daughters, maybe even more so. You have to get in there and be part of the game.

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.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

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 didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

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.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'