Avishai my brother always says to the audience, ‘If you weren’t here, it would just be a rehearsal.’ So it’s important to me to acknowledge and engage them. I know that they are there for me, and I’m humbled by that. – Anat Cohen
My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to Western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned. – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My brother was the one who really gave me the desire to follow in his footsteps. Also, it was really Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, the two Brazilian players, who also inspired me to a future in football. – Anthony Martial
When you’re picking a basketball team, you’ll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you’re playing the odds. – Adam Carolla
I’m the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We’re all over the artistic side of things. – Aarti Mann
To tell you the truth, in the old Jewish shtetls, if your husband died, sometimes they’d have you marry the brother, and my grandparents were actually stepbrother and stepsister. – Amy Heckerling
My older brother Joel became an art teacher; my brother Rip ultimately became a television producer and singer and actor himself. – Billy Crystal
When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I’ve only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the mammals you would never think of eating. – Chuck Palahniuk
I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself. – Ali Smith
For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother. – Anne Lamott
My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they’d go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know. – Aaron Neville
Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother’s instigation. So I owe him for that. – Beau Bridges
Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band ‘Genie Queen’ managed by Andy McClusky from ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’, but it didn’t work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with ‘The Razz,’ while my other brother Sean is a footballer for Telford United. – Abbey Clancy
My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking. – Casey Neistat
I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon. – Alex Pettyfer
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. – Billie Joe Armstrong
The first music I ever got into was the ’80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade. – Conor Oberst
I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I’d say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life. – Canelo Alvarez
In 2003, he was hit by a subway in Prague and lost both of his legs. It made me realize that we take for granted every step we take, and my brother now has to physically challenge himself to take each step in his prosthetic. – Bianca Kajlich
Many people have vied to become the third Weinstein brother, and I’m not sure why, but that distinction only goes to one person – Quentin Tarantino. – Bob Weinstein
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails. – Alan King
We are quite different: I’m relaxed, and I get ready for races really late, whereas Jonny is really organised and punctual. I like to lead from the front in the run, whereas Jonny might hold back. Maybe it’s because I’m the older brother, but I don’t think there is a mental block that stops Jonny doing the same. I just think I’m a bit more gung-ho. – Alistair Brownlee
Narciso Rodriguez was my first fashion big brother. He made my wedding dress, which was wonderful. – Claire Danes
Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies? – Andrew Shue
I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was close enough in age to try and compete, so we had a competitive childhood. – Anthony Browne