Zoe Kazan Quotes

I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents.

Both my mother and father worked for everything that they had.

My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.

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.

I was raised in a very blue-collar family.

My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from his job delivering furniture for John Lewis. My mum has had the same job for 30 years as a sales assistant at Marks and Spencer. They've always been really great; they just want me to be happy.

Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a working class family in Leeds and when it comes to money both my parents worked hard and instilled the same attitude into me.

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

Our father always made us work. I think that's the greatest thing a parent could ever do.

My parents believed in the power of education.

I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.

My father is an amazing person. While he was a huge star, he never carried his stardom home and always remained simple and just our father at home. I have four siblings, and we were all very grounded. We lived a very simple life: would go in an auto rickshaw to school, played with normal boys.

We have really good parents, and even though they broke up when we were little, we were still raised by two people who had really good ethics. They were never going to let us turn into Paris Hilton. I think that it wasn't really an option to become spoiled brats.

My parents weren't cultured people.

I was brought up correctly and in the right way, and my parents are very proud of the fact that I am a professional footballer.

Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were born that as he put it, 'I'm not going to have any kids who are country club bums.'

They really just taught me at an early age the values of hard work. Both my parents are two of the hardest working people that I know, so that was a big foundation for me and something I really cherish and it really helped me to grow up in that kind of household.

My attitude towards money is because of my mum and dad. My parents have always worked full time and I've always had that work ethic in me.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

I come from a family that raised me with good southern values.