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My dad was in the Indian Army. He died in a terrorist attack in Kashmir in 1994. After that, my mum and I settled in Noida. I went to Delhi Public School in Noida and then to Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University. It was in college that I realised I wanted to be on the stage and in front of the camera. Nimrat Kaur

Army, School, Dad, Camera, College

Mum is from West Waterford, Dungarvan. She's a farmer's daughter. She's a nurse. She left home very young - I think she was 18 - and went off to train as a nurse in England. My dad is from India, just south of Mumbai. He was one of the first in his family to go to college, and he went to England in the '70s; he emigrated there. Leo Varadkar

Family, Home, Daughter, Dad, India, She

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood. Jeremy Irvine

Me, People, Village, Friends, Back, Your

I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot. Harry Styles

Women, Respect, Sister, Up, Just, Lot

Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on. Tom Hodgkinson

Dad, Computers, Us, Facebook, Teenagers

I wasn't a happy kid. I felt like my mum ruined our chance of a better life, because when she remarried, we went to live in Bahrain, on a compound with a swimming pool, and she ruined it all. James Arthur

Life, Live, Happy, Swimming, Chance, She

When we used to go to the car-wash where people would wipe the windows, my dad would go out and help them and then tip them as well, so I learned my empathy from my dad, and my mum is very empathetic too, but in a very stern way; she will always check my ego. Charlie Puth

Dad, People, Ego, Empathy, She, Help

All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel's boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They're 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son's twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way. Mary Berry

Birthday, Son, Cake, Chocolate, Grace

A tip for looking 'picture perfect' is probably a smile. I think everyone looks better when they are happy; you give off a glow - or at least that is what my mum would say! Amber Le Bon

Smile, Happy, Looking, Picture, Think

I love drama - mum calls me a Drama Queen! Tahyna Tozzi

Love, Queen, Me, Drama, Drama Queen

Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me about 'Wind in the Willows' and read it and I thought this is weird, Rat, Mole, Toad and my first ever Bolshie thought - you know about 'The Wind in the Willows.' Terry Pratchett

Me, Wind, Thought, You, Weird, She

When I was a kid, I had a tendency to criticize. But when I did, my mum would whisk me off to the bathroom to stand in front of a mirror. Ten minutes, never less. To think about how criticism is a poor reflection on the one who criticizes. Richard Branson

Mirror, Reflection, Me, Think, Stand

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum. Peter O'Toole

Morning, Sunset, Queen, Famous, Dark

My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings. Rafe Spall

Life, Good, Dad, Me, Wake Up, Mood

We grew up in a nice house in a very middle-class area in Bolton and had a very happy childhood. My mum, Falak, who was also brought over from Pakistan by her parents as a kid, devoted herself to bringing up me and my younger brother and sister, Haroon and Tabinda, and my elder sister Mariyah. Amir Khan

Brother, Parents, Childhood, Happy, Me

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time. Callan McAuliffe

Time, Me, House, Always, Get, Floor

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!' Emilia Clarke

Want, Actor, Out, Stomach, Going, Came

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum, who, in turn, was my first teacher. Later I would travel almost 70 kms to the nearest town, Kota, to learn music from my guru Mahesh Sharmaji, who was also the principal of the music college there. Shreya Ghoshal

Music, Teacher, Parents, Travel, College

I think, you know, we entered the 'The X Factor' in the U.K., and you kind of want someone who knows what they're talking about to tell you if you're any good or not instead of just your mum saying that you like it when you sing. Harry Styles

Good, Think, Saying, You, Someone, Know

As a kid I'd lie awake at night and convince myself that a meteor was about to hit the Earth. It's my fatalistic streak, which I've inherited from my mum. I firmly believe something cataclysmic is going to happen in my lifetime and I have to be prepared to run for my life when the time comes. Ellie Goulding

Life, Myself, Time, Night, Lie, My Life

I have just been working with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also a mum, on a movie called 'Hysteria.' She is everywhere because of the nature of film work. Not that I'm name dropping or anything like that. I have to pinch myself when I remember who I've been working with. Ashley Jensen

Nature, Work, Myself, Name, Remember

My father worked as a mechanical draftsman at Mazagaon Docks and is a Catholic. My mum was a Muslim, so my parents broke quite a few rules to get married. Ileana D'Cruz

Father, Parents, Rules, Mechanical, Get

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone. Natalie Portman

Love, Work, Day, You, Want, More

My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person. Ellie Goulding

Me, Busy, Curious, Thoughtful, Person

I first realized I wanted to model when my mum and I were at a local carnival, and she took me to a fashion show. I had never been to one before, and when I saw the girls on the catwalk, I fell in love with them. Madeline Stuart

Love, Me, Fashion, She, Never, First

I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him. Estelle

Happy, Bad Boy, Bad, Uncle, Boy, Always

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