Gaby Hoffmann Quotes

My father was very strict.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to be stricter than most. But even though it's like, 'Oh, gosh, I've gotta be in at this time,' they know what they're doing. I have great parents.

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

I'm turning into a stricter dad.

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

Esha can't have it easy just because she is my daughter. I have to be strict.

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

When you have very lax parents, you tend to get more conservative kids.

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

My mother was a high-strung perfectionist. She would check my homework for the slightest imperfection and demand that it be redone if she detected any flaws, which she invariably did. My father, in contrast, was easy going and affable and delighted in helping me with any project.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

My parents were truly severe.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

As I grew up, Dad was more involved in training than promoting. He brought the same style to his training that he did to being a father - strong and strict.