I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single…

My mother was a single mom, and she was a claims adjuster at an insurance company. She actually dropped out of school - she…

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

— Regina King

My mother was a single mom whose days were spent as a customer service rep at Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as…

— Nia Long

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

— Heber J. Grant

I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.

— Ayanna Pressley

I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when…

— Elvis Presley

I'm interested in being a professional actress.

— Emma Kenney

I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

— Rachel Brosnahan

I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability…

— Rebecca Wells

I'm going to become a real professional actress.

— Ester Dean

I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It…

— Abbas Kiarostami

My mom was a single mom and I'm an only child, so growing up it was really just me and her against the world.

— Denise Bidot

I'm an only child raised by a single mom. She's always been supportive of what I wanted to do.

— Jessica Parker Kennedy

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to…

— Natalie Merchant