Norman Lear
Related I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated m... TRINI LOPEZ SALMAN RUSHDIE When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated... DAVID ALAN GRIER He was one of the happiest people I ever met. At the party, he was normal, his average personality. CHRIS FARKAS JULIE BOWEN He was an extremely modest person, one of the humblest people I knew, although some people might not... JAMES KOSHIBA Would people please stop telling me Santa Claus doesn't exist? I met him when I was a kid, surrounde... STEVE MERRICK, STEVESEVILEMPIRE Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out. RANDY HARRISON From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always ... GAVIN O'CONNOR I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense ... IAN DUNBAR I don't think we ever touched. At the beginning, I think he was trying to know what I was doing and ... HELIO CASTRONEVES KURT RUSSELL ZOSIA MAMET DARLENE LOVE I can't say enough about D.J. [Hernandez]. He's the hardest worker. I love D.J. not only for how har... DAN ORLOVSKY ALISON GOLDFRAPP TIGER WOODS I was surprised that he was such a sweet guy. I thought he was going to be strange. But he could be ... MARIA BELLO ERIC ROTH One of the things that has brought me a lot of success the last five years was performing. At my fir... JENNY PHILLIPS JOHN FOWLES STEVEN SPIELBERG It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer's life that I met him, and a sort of water-treadin... DICK CAVETT When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the as... CHUCK PAGANO I just figured he was busy and he was doing something and that he would call me back. HEIDI TILLBERG The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at... JOHNNY MATHIS I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever... CAROL ALT JOE GIBBS The first time I met Leo Messi, I didn't know who he was, only that I couldn't believe the b... SERGIO AGUERO I don't know what he was doing. I was just trying to get back to my bench when I bumped him. He step... JACOB BURTSCHI Joey told my dad (Chamberlain coach Billy Turner) that he was bringing his cousin back down. We just... BRIAN TURNER My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. O... NICK FERGUSON 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa... JAMES C. DOBSON I like to exhilarate the audience like Groucho Marx exhilarated me when I was a kid. Also, I enjoy d... FRANK FERRANTE I had never met him before. He came up to me before the game. He was a really nice guy. He told me h... ADAM DAUKSAS I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a gr... DICK VAN DYKE BOB DIAMOND That was his debut. I know he called a time out at one point just to call a time out. He just wanted... JODI MANORE EMILIA FOX My boyfriend, who I love to death - he's only 17 so he's the youngest guy I've ever date... NIKKI REED I was born in September. I hated the name when I was a kid, but I've grown with it. My dad wanted to... FROSTEE RUCKER My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my da... ARI MILLEN I fell in love with him. I really did. And he was the smartest man I'd ever met. I mean, he was this... HEIDI FLEISS I met him at Viareggio and I saw that he was upset, but I did not think he would do so far. MARCELLO LIPPI When I met him I saw a well-mannered kid with raw basketball ability who at the same time was strugg... JACK RINGEL I remember he bought me my first Cabbage Patch Kid. When he was younger, he was really quiet. It was... MAGGIE DIXON He was one of the finest men I have ever met. Totally unassuming. He was a kind and a wonderful exam... GLEN ROBERTSON WILLIAM FAULKNER I was riding him and he kind of faced me a little bit. He grabbed my leg and tried to roll over, but... KYLE REILLY QUINCY JONES CHRISTOPHER WALKEN It was his scrappy personality that made him join the Marines, but what do you know when you're 18? ... DEAN CZERWONKA When I was a young kid, my father was a big fan of Hollywood movies. He would make me watch movies w... LEE BYUNG-HUN I love that kid, ... He helped me so much. He always made sure I was working hard and doing the righ... WILLIAM ALSTON I've met him. He was here a couple of weeks ago; I met him then. I know his name well. ANDY HORNE When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he ... FRANK GEHRY The kid was the best wrestler at the tournament, hands down. Jake wrestled this kid so tough. He end... DALLAS ROBINSON I never even heard of him or met him in my life. But when I got downstairs, he said, 'I've been wait... HAL TURNER My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me ... GEORGE BENSON To bring my image back up in that light seemed to sort of take me back into that whole frame of time... MICHAEL WILLIAMS TONY BENNETT My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was... JOSH HENDERSON I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a b... TROIAN BELLISARIO DENIS VILLENEUVE PEYTON MANNING JOHN WOODEN I met Harrison Ford at Barney's Beanery. And I met Steve Martin at the bar at the Troubador. He ... EVE BABITZ ELLIE GOULDING DOUG LIMAN When your defense is count nine of the indictment, you're in trouble. He was a kid who believed in w... JAMES BROSNAHAN KIM KARDASHIAN Finally at 3:30 he called me as he was walking back to Brooklyn, ... He was late that morning so he ... TOM ELLIS He told me that they sent threatening messages to him, but he continued to tell me that he was born ... BERNICE SMITH I called him Kenny Mayne. He was kind of ticked about that, so no way was he putting The Duck on his... DENNIS BONIFER KENDALL JENNER MARK TWAIN He'd put me on his shoulders and let me try to rob home runs like he did. When you're a kid, you hav... LANCE NIEKRO I knew exactly when he came over by himself, something was wrong. He is the smartest kid I have ever... BRITTANY DAVIS My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called... ED BRADLEY When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that ki... MARY LOU WILLIAMS JENNY HAN I don't usually beat him. That was the first time I ever beat him. He was kind of surprised. He was ... BLAKE SMITH Well, to begin with, he is compassionate. He is not a bully. He doesn't throw cups of tea. People wh... DARREN CAMPBELL Then I saw that sparkle in Naji's eye and knew he was laughing at me.CASSANDRA ROSE CLARKE Johnny Cash's legacy, I think if it was one word, it would be 'integrity.' He was the or... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Answer this question very carefully, kid. Are you a virgin?"LILI ST. CROW He said, 'Mark, he makes me feel like he's a college professor and I'm a kindergarten student,' ...... MARK REID DEREK JETER LARRY ELDER He walked around in white robes. He called himself a prophet. ... Wanda, who was with him, they woul... TOM SMART GREG LAKE ADAM SANDLER CHRISTINA ENGELA He said he wanted to annihilate the b----: 'I'll kill both her and the kid,' ... That was at the tim... FRANK MINUCCI My favorite wrestler growing up was Dean Malenko. He was a very technical wrestler, and when I train... DANIEL BRYAN WILL FERRELL In 1998, I received treatment for my knee by an Israeli therapist. We spoke about Israel and I menti... GARY DAVID GOLDBERG The first time I ever met Stephen King, he came up to me, and we went to shake hands, and he had, li... ROB REINER One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing professor at the business scho... THOMAS G. STEMBERG RODNEY DANGERFIELD
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I... 
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I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge... 
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When I met Letterman, he told me he thought 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' was the grea... 
My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore... 
My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would... 
When I met Richard Leakey, I thought, 'This is the most charismatic man I've ever met.' ... 
He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal. 
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because h... 
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was ... 
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I met Jack Nicholson when I was about 10 at a party of my uncle's, and it wasn't so much tha... 
He was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met 
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I was 'impressed' by Hugh Jackman for five seconds the first time I met him, but as soon as ... 
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I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental appr... 
I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invi... 
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All in the Family, 
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What you need is an idea. 
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I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced. 
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