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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that is not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.

My dad said: It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

I had never said, dad, I love you.

My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the Pinkerton tour, and Pinkerton is the reason why I am doing this.

I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.

I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.

The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I have got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I am getting on a plane.

I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I have always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He did not want to see the magic.

My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I do not know anyone who Does not know someone on some form of prescription medicine.

As a kid who was not into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.

It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.

My dad said, The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it was not the same any more.

When I was growing up my mother would say, Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him.

I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we are completely living in it.

I am a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he did not have. He couldn't play basketball because he did not have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

I do not know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.