I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these trash magazines with paparazzo pictures.
My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom.
I started playing full-equipment football when I was 6 years old. My mom actually got me started in it.
At 13, I was wearing plain t-shirts. Then I used to steal my mom's clothing. She had all these crushed-velvet shirts with French-cut sleeves. And, like, seersucker bell-bottoms.
When I was five, I always told my mom I would want to be an actor.
I've been a fan of 'Rocky Horror'... my mom let me see it at a really early age.
I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!
I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person.
My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.
My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.
When I was seven, my mom would come home every day, and I would have the phone book open to talent agencies, and I would have them highlighted.
My mom was probably the biggest influence. She cooked dinner every night. We sat around the table every night. It was a very traditional family.
My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.
I like Sprite a lot, but I try not to drink it. My mom doesn't want me to drink Sprite because it's unhealthy. So she always has me drink water, but it's hard not to!
My mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I'm not a big sugar guy.
When I was going on auditions, it was nerve-racking. I'd always say to my mom that it would be awesome if I could get a series. When Modern Family came along, I said, 'You know what, Mom? I believe I'm going to get this role.'
My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.
Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!
My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design. And then Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me.
I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.
My mom put me into dance classes, found out that I can't dance to save my life.
My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.
I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.
I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.
