Debi Mazar Quotes

I like cooking but I don't know much and whenever I enter the kitchen, my mother sends me out! Because whenever I try a dish from a book, it comes out bad.

I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

I never cooked at home - my father was the chef.

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.

I think children learn through their parents.

My dad's an English teacher and my mum's a midwife. Then my mum's side of the family are all crazy creative.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

I belong to a teachers' family and writing was my expression.

I've always kind of gotten my personality from my mom, and whether that's 'star quality' or whatever... a lot of her is in me.

It takes a village to raise a child; that's how I basically balance it. It's twenty four hours in a day.

Most of Charlotte's character is really who she is. A lot of who Ashley is is Charlotte and the same with my dad. It's not like I'm the Joker.

Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion about my father. Some people think he's a distraction and takes some of my shine away, but, for me, that's not the case.

I love dogs, but they are a big responsibility, and with four children, having one would be too much.

I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.

You'll move from big brother to the adult world faster by cooking food for your younger siblings while your peers are playing video games.

Parenting is a learning process.

I started cooking when I was growing up in Hyderabad, and I was already pretty decent when I was around seven years old.

I think I definitely get my soft side from my mother.

A chef's palate is born out of his childhood, and one thing all chefs have in common is a mother who can cook.

Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults going through this world doing what they had to do. I used to like to watch them and imitate them. They all have their own distinct personalities; even though they're family, we couldn't be more different people.