Jon Heder Quotes

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

The real demon in my life is my father.

My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.

Our problems stem from our childhood. Ray was, for so long, the only boy. Then I arrive and take all his limelight away from him. That must have quite a profound effect. I sometimes think that Ray was only happy for three-and-a-half years in his life. And those were the three-and-a-half years before I was born.

Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.

I remember my brother was always a jerk to me. One time, he bought Jimi Hendrix's 'Smash Hits,' and he gave it to me because he didn't like it, thinking it was a punishment.

I broke my uncle's toy as a kid and never told him about it.

I think I said something mean when I was little, and my mother snapped on me. I was just like, 'I'm sorry!' I could relate. If I had cursed out my dad, I probably would be just waking up.

I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was ugly. My dad heard it and just laughed it off, but I felt guilty. It haunted me for years. I should never have said that.

My stepfather was fond of letting me know, quote, 'I ain't your... damn daddy.' That was something that was painful, to put it mildly.

If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away.

I love my mum and dad, but they were shocking providers and carers.

I was a fool!" Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. "I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -" "Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron," said Fred. Percy swallowed. "Yes, I was!" "Well, you can't say fairer than that," said Fred, holding out his hand to Percy.

I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth.

Brothers argue in the heat of the moment, and then they make up.

I always struggle with explaining my relationship with my sister Kim. I am not sure why I am not always able to be myself when I am around her.

A betrayal in a family is much more devastating than a betrayal among friends, or even lovers.

One of the many things I regret is that I hurt so many people by giving them nasty nicknames, and above all that I was unkind to the children of celebrities.

My older brother used to punch me all the time because I was a nerd.

I made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.

I was afraid to admit feeling ill because even when I was 4 or 5, I knew that my father viewed sickness as a sign of weakness, of sin, of disobedience.

I always wanted to play with my brothers, but they never let me and always bullied me. The bonding with my brothers happened only after we went our separate ways. That's when we understood the value of each other. Now, we talk a lot.

My younger sister, Clover arrived three days before my seventh birthday and I wanted to sell her. I'd had my mother, stepfather, and nanny Maureen, all to myself, and suddenly there was this bonny baby with green grass eyes that everyone adored.