Sarah Koenig Quotes

I am the younger version of my father. I try to be as normal as I can.

As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.

Teach your children everything that you're not, because they will pick up on everything that you are.

I've always kind of gotten my personality from my mom, and whether that's 'star quality' or whatever... a lot of her is in me.

I am not really trying to act like my dad.

I think I am probably a lot like my father.

I learned by example. ...As a kid you think you are just the same as other adults.

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What I've discovered is you kind of wind up becoming your parents, which is also a cliche in itself. My father, despite the fact that he's been dead for over 25 years, he's been a huge influence on me.

In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it.

Day after day with them, I see more and more of my parents in me. I see where all my quirks come from. I see my future.

Growing up, my mom was very strict about how I dressed and how I behaved, and I said to myself that I wasn't going to be like that. But now I know I'm going to be exactly like my mom. I'm going to be worse!

You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

You either become like your parents or you become the opposite of your parents. And I like to think that I'm the opposite of my parents.

As I learn more about myself, I think people learn more about me as well. It seems to correlate that way. I learn how to represent myself more as it goes on.

So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I wish I were as good a man as my son is.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.