Best celebrity quotes on being a dad (melt!)
Prince William, John Legend, Channing Tatum and more! Just in time for Father's Day, these sweet quotes by celebrity dads will make you say, "awww!"
John Legend
"You just have this little human that's a product of yours and your partner's love. And I think that's really incredible to see ourselves reflected in our little child that we get to raise and teach and nurture, and I'm excited to do that."
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Prince William
"The last few weeks for me have been a very different emotional experience, something I never thought I would feel myself. And I find, again it's only been a short period, but a lot of things affect me differently now."
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Ryan Reynolds
"She has me so far wrapped around her finger, it's dumb. She says 'Dada' and I will walk through a cement wall to get to her. It's crazy...I love it. I truly worship that kid."
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Ryan Gosling
“It sounds so clichéd, but I never knew that life could be this fun and this great."
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Neil Patrick Harris
"What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children—all of our children—a better world. Even if it’s difficult...That is our ultimate responsibility as fathers and parents. We try. We hope."
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Justin Timberlake
“[Fatherhood] is the most insanely amazing, most beautiful, unbelievable thing that can ever happen to you.”
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Brad Pitt
"Kids hold up a mirror to you....You can't make excuses. You've got to make sure they've brushed their teeth and eaten a good breakfast. You want to be present if they wake up with a bad dream...I never knew I was capable of experiencing so much love."
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Channing Tatum
"I've never protected the president [in], but I have been a new dad, and I can tell you that being a new dad is pretty terrifying. I'm pretty sure that something about the president makes the stakes a little higher, but to me as a new father, nothing is more important or scary than protecting a daughter."
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Jay-Z
"I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter. I want to enjoy this time for what it is."
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Ashton Kutcher
"It's legitimately the greatest thing ever...It just makes me wanna be better."
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Jason Sudeikis
“[Otis] calls me Dada. I think that’s hilarious, mind-blowingly hilarious...I never thought that was going to happen and that it would be so intoxicating when it did.”
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David Beckham
"In my career there’s many things I’ve won and many things I’ve achieved. But my greatest achievement is my family. What matters is being a good father and a good husband—just being connected to family as much as possible. Being a dad is more important than football, more important than anything. I adore children. I love the fact our children are part of both of us. It’s one of the most amazing things ever."
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John Krasinski
“There is a mirror that is held up to me now. You have someone watching you. You have to lead by example.”
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Jimmy Fallon
"I didn't think it was going to be this fun. But everything just gets heightened when you have a baby. The volume gets turned up on life. I never knew I could be this happy, and that's the truth."
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Matthew McConaughey
"It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad."
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Matt Damon
"The only way I can describe [fatherhood]—it sounds stupid, but—at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows, like, five times its size? Everything is full; it’s just full all the time."
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Haley Overland is a writer/editor at Today's Parent. Our resident celebrity queen, she dishes out all the sweetest scoop on celebrity families at our Celebrity Candy blog. She has interviewed celeb moms like Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba and Jillian Michaels, and has shared her expertise on CTV’s ETalk. Haley also has an award-winning personal blog, CheatyMonkey.com, where she writes about everything from motherhood to yoga, her dog “Betty White” and what it's like to be Clive Owen's girlfriend. Haley has two kids, whom she fondly refers to online as “The Monkey” and “The Rascal.”