Patrick Schwarzenegger Quotes

I can only ask people to be tolerant of the fact that the... pressures of wives of politicians is very, very strong.

I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it.

It's hard to be a son of a candidate. It's hard to be a brother of a candidate. I think it may be the hardest thing to be the dad of the candidate.

At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls.

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be who I wanted to be.

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.'

Every boy grows up trying to be like his father, but what if a boy grows up to be like his mother?

I married a politician. But I thought it would be tough for my children to have two parents as politicians.

Everybody's had problems with their family. Everybody's had the pressures of finding the right love or not loving the right person because other people say so.

I think that my parents wanted my brother and I to do what they couldn't have done and live a free life and not worry about war.

If you had an ex-wife, and it was a pretty bitter split, you might not ever want to talk to her again. Who cares if everybody in the family and your friends want you to say hello again? It's your choice whether you want to do it or not.

My mom said, 'You are reckless, and you need to get married.' And I was like, 'Okay.'

A politician can go out and speak for him or herself, but actually for the family it's difficult - although it does bind you.

There is no pressure from my family to get married.

I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.

My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born in the '40s. They were young adults before the '60s even happened, and married, and already having kids. But by the time we were adolescents in the '70s, the whole culture was screaming at parents, "You're a good parent if you're open with your kids about sex." They attempted to be open with us about sex, and it made them want to die, and consequently, it made us want to die.

I guess the most difficult thing for me was living up to my mom's expectations. I was always scared that if I didn't do things in this certain way, then my mom just wouldn't think I was great. That's something that was difficult for me growing up.

I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

I have a desire to help animals, the question of whether it makes financial sense, it's my money and I get to do what I want with it. It's an expensive hobby I picked up at the end of my life.