Mark Shriver Quotes

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

My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.

I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.

My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

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

'Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wayne through the years as this figure carved in marble; this perfect man. The only thing we really know about is that he died in that alley outside of a theater. But every son has to confront the reality of his father at some point in his life.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

I can see parts of my father in 'Kingdom' when I rage like that. I can see my father's frustrations in his life.

I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time - good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good-looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together.

Many of my deepest insecurities stem from my issues with my dad.

Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.

I think the Knight boys have a long history of disappointing their fathers.

My father was bigger than life, an entity and everyone expected us, as his offspring, to be saintettes, these little carbon copies.

As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure.

We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!

I never argued with my father, and it so happened that, unfortunately, the same kind of relationship passed on with me and Ranbir.

People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents.

My father was always pushing me to become a basketball player. In Africa, when you're a kid, every kid loves to play soccer, and I loved playing soccer. But my dad didn't want me playing soccer. He would joke, 'C'mon, man, you're too tall!' Then he promised me, 'If you start playing basketball, I'm going to give you my jersey.'

Especially in front of my dad, I don't like being weak. I don't like crying in front of my dad because I don't want to make him cry.

What usually has the strongest psychic effect on the child is the life which the parents have not lived