America Quote by Quincy Jones

My dad had a real big reputation as being the hard man, street fighter, the gangster. My stepdad was quite timid, and I wanted…

— Ashley Walters

My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career in the…

— Mark Helprin

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related…

— Quincy Jones

My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

My mum was a bookies' runner at nine years old and my dad's uncles were Peaky Blinders and gangsters.

— Steven Knight

My family were wheeler-dealer class. They were their own bosses and very glamorous. We lived in a beautiful, big townhouse in Arklow, in Ireland,…

— Roisin Murphy

My uncle was a gangster in the real gangster days. I witnessed it, I felt it, I smelt it the situation, I was involved.…

— Bugzy Malone

My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them.

— Jerry Heller

My dad was a meat peddler who drove a refrigerated truck. He bought his meat in Sheboygan, Wis., and sold it to stores in…

— Tony Shalhoub

My father was a logger. He cut timber and hauled it out of the woods and had a sawmill. They sawed it into lumber.…

— Ralph Stanley

My father figures were all gang members.

— Richard Cabral

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and…

— Josef Albers