Rachel Campos-Duffy Quotes

When I was a lot younger, my parents raised me watching classic movies.

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.

Westerns were all daddy liked to watch. Give me some Clint Eastwood, some Charles Bronson, and I was a happy girl. It was our father-daughter bonding.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and precious. I have lasting memories of those stories because the experience was special.

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.

I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.

My kids are old enough now that they can watch that, but I like to do the family movies.

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.

Every Friday, my dad would rent three videos. Me and my brother would ask for something with guns or fighting, but my dad would say, 'Come on, think about it.' He'd choose more involving films like 'Pulp Fiction,' and at the end of the night, we'd agree that they were great.

But my family's really close and I was interested in what Mommy and Daddy did for a living. So when Mommy and Daddy had a script that wasn't totally age inappropriate, they would let me read it. And we would talk about it.

I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs.

When I was a young kid, my father was a big fan of Hollywood movies. He would make me watch movies with him, and he would explain the story and characters to me.

My mum raised me on 'On the Waterfront,' 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Rear Window.'

I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it.

Most parents were, like, Little League coaches and all that. My dad was a wrestling fan. Instead of going out and playing home run derby with my old man, we just watched wrestling together.

My dad bought us boats. I think he thought sailing was a wholesome way to spend time.

I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.

I was never plunked in front of an idiot box because my parents had other things to do.

When I was a kid, my dad would let me stay up and watch 'Cheers' each week. Granted it's not the most 'kid friendly' show, but I could've cared less. I was getting to stay up past my bedtime!

My earliest childhood memories are of my dad putting a basketball in my hand and playing with me in our backyard.