“When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.” CountryBigsFilmGrowing UpGrowingDramaLandscapeVastnessAmerican Film Author:Baz Luhrmann
“Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout your brain increase, weaving into your brain and body the wisdom of a life well lived, which allows you to stop living out of fear of disappointing others and being imperfect. Ageless living is courageous living. It means being undistracted by the petty dramas of life because you have enough experience to know what’s not worth worrying about and what ought to be your priorities.” KnowsWellsMeanEnoughBodyValuesOpportunityBrainWorryGrowingOughtDramaConnectionsIncreasePrioritiesCourageousImperfectPettyCompetenceGrowing OldDisappointingGrowing OlderWeavingLife Well LivedAgelessBeing Imperfect Author:Christiane Northrup
“It's funny because when I was growing up, I was really into science fiction and fantasy as a kid. And, when I first became a screenwriter, I ended up really just doing historical drama and non-fiction based stuff, like Band of Brothers and stuff that didn't get made, but was also non-fiction.” FirstsMadeKidsStuffFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDramaBandScience FictionHistoricalNon FictionScreenwritersScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:John Orloff
“As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.” ChildrenHappensMotherGrowing UpGrowingMinutesTelevisionDramaMountainBunchDancerVillageEstatesGreyHousingSwissSingle MotherBollywoodChildren Growing UpYorkshireGrowing ChildrenSari Author:Simon Beaufoy
“I didn't really know much about the Houdinis when I started. As soon as they sent me the script, I wanted to find out everything I could about Bess. Luckily, I have a really wonderful friend named Michael Mitnick, who's a writer. He was a magician as a child, and that led him to the theater, which led to drama school, and he writes films now. Magic was really his thing, growing up, so he put me in touch with his magic teacher who is a real Houdini expert.” KnowsWritingChildrenRealWantedSchoolFilmGrowing UpTeacherGrowingWonderfulMagicDramaTheaterScriptsExpertsMagicianWonderful FriendsHoudini Author:Kristen Connolly
“The earliest influence on me was the movies of the thirties when I was growing up. Those were stories. If you look at them now, you see the development of character and the twists of plot; but essentially they told stories. My mother didn't go to the movies because of a religious promise she made early in her life, and I used to go to movies and come home and tell her the plots of those old Warner Brothers/James Cagney movies, the old romantic love stories. Through these movies that had real characters, I absorbed drama, sense of pacing, and plot.” IfsLooksMadeRealCharacterStoriesHomeUsedMotherReligiousGrowing UpGrowingInfluenceBrotherDevelopmentPromiseDramaLove StoryPlotComing HomeRomantic LoveTwistsPacingReal CharacterWarner Brothers Author:Robert Cormier
“I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some thoughtful, sci-fi drama.” StarsGrowing UpGrowingFansHugeDramaThoughtfulZoneSci FiTwilightTwilight Zone Author:Seth MacFarlane
“I was this weird misfit guy from suburban Seattle, I never really fit in, and then I became a drama geek, among all the other different kinds of geek that I was growing up, and I found I was pretty good at it.” KindDifferentGuyFoundGrowing UpGrowingFitDramaDifferent KindsGeekSeattleMisfits Author:Rainn Wilson
“So thoughtless awareness is the first beautiful state you have to achieve. That will give you peace and a witness state to enjoy the drama of life, to enjoy the different varieties of people, while you will be growing within yourself.” PeopleLoveGivingFirstsDifferentStatesWisdomBeautifulSpiritEnjoyMeditationGrowingAchieveAwarenessDramaYogaWitnessVarietyWellness Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“If your purse no longer bulges and you've lost your golden treasure, If times you think you're lonely and have hungry grown for pleasure, Don't sit by your hearth and grumble, don't let mind and spirit harden. If it's thrills of joy you wish for get to work and plant a garden! If it's drama that you sigh for, plant a garden and you'll get it You will know the thrill of battle fighting foes that will beset it If you long for entertainment and for pageantry most glowing, Plant a garden and this summer spend your time with green things growing.” IfsThinkingKnowsMindLongJoySpiritFightingLostWishPleasureGrowingDramaBattleSummerSpringGardenLonelyGreenPlantEntertainmentTreasureHungryGoldenThrillSighFoePursesGlowingPageantryGreen Things Book:A Heap O' Livin' Along Life's Highway Source: A Heap O' Livin' Along Life's Highway
“I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered another career because I wouldn't have been alone in my room, making up other characters for myself. I definitely had growing pains. The popular kids didn't want anything to do with the girl who was starting the drama club.” IfsWantHas BeensReasonCharacterKidsSchoolPainGirlRoomsCareersGrowingDramaHigh SchoolStartingClubsActressesMaking UpGrowing PainsDrama Club Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“Commit to growing yourself. Do not avoid problems and or complain about problems. Don't let them bother you. In fact, don't even call them problems; refer to them as "challenges" or "situations". Let go of the emotion and drama you create when you don't get what you want. Just stay present and handle one situation at a time with an open mind and an open heart. Trust yourself and in the universe that everything will work out in the end.” WantInspirationalMindHeartEndsFactsProblemMotivationalUniverseChallengesEmotionSituationGrowingDramaLetting GoPersonal GrowthWork OutWhat You WantComplainingHandleCommitBotherSpeakersAvoidingOpen MindTrust YourselfOpen MindedOpen HeartProblems And SolutionsThings Will Work OutEverything Will Work Out Author:T. Harv Eker
“I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.” WantedSchoolActorsGrowing UpGrowingBecomingDramaDecidedIntentionUniversity Author:Hugh Dancy