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The only other time I can recall my dad getting upset at me was when I missed a hockey practice. My parents were away, so my buddy and I decided to skip it. I never told my dad about it, but he found out from the coach.

Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.

I was not sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions.

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I did not spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite... bonding with him, in a weird way.

It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.

I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, I listen to people's problems. In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

When I grew up, people said, You'll never be the man your dad was. And I said, Gee, I hope not.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I do never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I have ever met. He is a great man and a very good dad.

I did not want to play a lawyer. I did not want to play a doctor. I did not want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.

I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career.

I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.

Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly clean politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they are immediately wanting to be a parent or not.

I am just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.