Coco Martin Quotes

Pay attention to your friends; pay attention to that cousin that jumps up on the picnic table at the family reunion and goes a little too 'nutty,' you know what I mean? Pay attention to that aunt that's down in the basement that never comes upstairs. We have to pay attention to our friends, pay attention to your family, and offer a hand.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

It was hard for me, being in school. And nobody was there to tell me how important it was.

I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely.

I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had whatever I needed.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I am the odd man out in the family.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this.

If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother M. J., who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.

The best thing about having four big brothers is you always have someone to do something for you.

Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself.

I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

I would say that my parents were supportive of me.

Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.

For almost five years on 'Happy Days,' I have had a mom and pop and a brother who give me advice and help me just as my own parents and brothers and sisters do at home.

I think my dad has helped me tremendously.

When you're a kid, you're just not equipped to deal with some of the stuff that life brings you. It's why you have parents. And then, when you don't, there better be somebody who fills in that gap, or you're going to be rudderless for a while.

My sister took me as her own. My mum had a lot of help raising me. That's what happens in large families: your siblings raise you.

One can't live in solitude. To survive as a single family unit is not possible.