Courtney B. Vance Quotes

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

My mom actually would not allow me to watch 'Dawson's Creek!'

When I was growing up, my mom didn't let me watch a lot of TV. She said I couldn't watch 'Friends' or that era of sitcoms.

I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies.

Neither my mom nor my dad ever bought me any comic books. Certainly not for Christmas. I suspect that doing so would have violated the Parents' Code.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.

Barbies were banned at our house, along with television other than PBS. As a kid, I found this horribly embarrassing.

My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

I confess that as a young boy, Sunday was not my favorite day. Grandfather shut down the action. We didn't have any transportation. We couldn't drive the car. He wouldn't even let us start the motor. We couldn't ride the horses, or the steers, or the sheep.

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.

My mom wouldn't let me do child acting.

My mother wouldn't even let me read DC Comics. I came from a very strict background.

My children aren't normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I'm in.

They have permission to play all the indoor games they want, but my daughters are not going to be competing in public sporting activities.

Growing up, I was restricted at home from playing video games until I reached university.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

I can still remember how my mother would shout my name out of the window because I was playing football late at night and had school to attend the next day.

My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.

My parents never let me have everything.