Vicky Kaushal Quotes

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal.

My mum thinks I'm amazing at everything. That unconditional love is just the most precious thing you can have.

I had parents who were incredibly loving and nurturing and always made me feel beautiful, so I never really questioned that.

Everyone needs acknowledgement. When we're kids, we need it from our parents. If you don't get love from your family, you're destroyed inside.

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

I figure if you have one person that loves you, that's enough, growing up. You just need one person in your corner.

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'

All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.

I always wanted my daddy to be proud.

I never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas. And I always, always knew how deeply they loved me. That feeling of being valued and loved, that's what my mom wants for every child.

All I wanted was for my mom to say, 'I love you, and I'm here for you.' I never got that.

My daughter doesn't love me because I'm on TV, she loves me because I'm her dad.

No matter how old we are, there is nothing better then getting the approval from our parents and the sense that they are proud of our accomplishments in life.

My mum and dad were always supportive of me. They always let me express myself.

As long as my daughter likes me, I'm good.

Only person who took me serious was my mom and my sister Rachael.

I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.

My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would reduce it just to basketball. But my dad does call me before and after every game. And when we lost a game we shouldn't have, he told me it wasn't my fault. And I appreciated that, because he was trying to pick me up.

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.

I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time I finish writing -- and I plan to go on writing until I'm 90 or gaga -- it will all equal itself out.