Anderson Cooper Quotes

I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

I have great parents, and they both taught me great things, but my formative years were boundaryless.

'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, seven years old with my mother for the first time. I don't know why my mom let me watch that. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. I couldn't go upstairs by myself. I couldn't sleep.

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.

My mom was a model. She met my dad when he was building the Ritz-Carlton in Colorado and she was modeling there. Although we were very blessed, my parents never wanted us to believe we didn't have to work. They didn't want us to think that our situation would get us through life.

People think I must have pushy parents, but that's not the case.

My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.

My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing.

I have been incredibly lucky. My parents are actors; they've been the safety blanket around me.

I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.

Growing up watching WWE, they used to have bra-and-panties matches or pillow fights, and that's why my mom didn't want me to watch wrestling. But when my parents divorced, I was able to watch wrestling again, and that's when I started to really get into wrestlers like Ivory.

My mom was always very, very careful with my mind: what I saw and didn't see.

My mom let me play in her clothes, wear makeup, and I had high heels from a thrift store. My mom tells me that the only reason she let me dress in her clothes is because she couldn't afford any toys, and it seemed entertaining enough and kept her from having to buy me anything, 'cause everything I wanted was in her makeup box or wardrobe.

I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed when I was around him, though the responsibility was just different. He expected me to carry myself a certain way without all the rules and confines.

I learned as a really young kid, when my dad was telling me one story and my mom was telling me another that, even as a 5-year-old boy, there was no way that both of these stories are true. Something in the middle is true, and I have to figure out what it is, what the truth is, and I never did quite figure that out.

I think watching my mom gave me great inspiration, I wish that had been reinforced more verbally. It would have kept me from a lot of pain.