Vikramaditya Motwane Quotes

I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

Our family makes us who we are, defines us totally. When you go to a therapist or have analysis, whatever reason you go in for, they will always bring you back to your family. We're strong or weak according to what family we have. You might have left them long ago, might not even talk to them, but something lingers; we have no choice.

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

A lot of my material was based on my family.

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.

No one else in my family works in the fashion industry.

For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.

After getting the job at MTV, the challenge was, 'How do I start my career as a television host without people holding my dad's career over my head?' It's a very easy thing for people to look to my dad and say, 'Well, he got his job because of this.'

Everyone has bits of dysfunction in their families, but I actually have a very nice, happy one.

The way I know my father is not through media. The way I know my father is in number of different ways. It's through the people who knew him well, his friends, my family. It's also through his own words, because he wrote voluminously.

Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn't a child actor brat; I didn't travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.

As someone who comes from a family of lifers (along with my wife), I just want to say, flat out... Marriage is a really good deal.

My mother and stepfather were documentary filmmakers and, of course, had a very healthy Scandinavian mentality. When it came to cinema, my mother was very obsessed with the French New Wave. That was her generation.

Growing up, I was raised by a single mother.

I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.

I always wanted to act, but not because my parents were associated with the industry.

I'm the son of a surgeon and the grandson of a surgeon.

My mum's father was a producer and her mother was an actress, so my mum was fully behind me going into acting.

I wouldn't be who I am if my parents hadn't been musicians.

I feel like I grew up in the investment business. My dad was at T. Rowe Price his whole career. We lived in Baltimore and had a small social circle, so most of my dad's friends also worked for T. Rowe.

I learn from my family. And it's not like I learn from them on the sets only.

I have a company where I'm trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We're editing that and there's a doc going with it.

Every man should have aunts. They illustrate the triumph of guess work over logic.