“My father had a lot to do with me thinking about acting, though he never saw me act. He passed away probably - he passed away as I was doing my first play, but I just think being exposed to it and being around it. It wasn't something that I ever thought I couldn't do because I grew up around it.” ThinkingFirstsPlayFatherActingSawsGrewGrew UpExposedPassed Away Author:Mahershala Ali
“I mean, I've always felt like a lot of people's misconceptions of me have to do with how I grew up. I grew up poor, and I grew up rich. I think some people who have never met me have a misconception that when I was living with my father when he was successful, that I was somehow adversely affected by his success or the money he had and was making at the time.” PeopleThinkingMeanFatherFeltPoorSuccessfulRichGrewMetsGrew UpAffectedMisconception Author:Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
“Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up, I absolutely wanted a name that was easier to pronounce, more common, prettier. But then I grew up and understood the power of a name, the beauty that comes in understanding how your name has affected who you are.” MeanWantedMotherFatherNamesParentUnderstandingCommonGrowing UpGrowingGrewEasierGrew UpNewsUnderstoodWho You AreGrandmotherAffectedGood NewsMy GrandmotherShire Author:Warsan Shire
“I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.” WantedFatherStageGrewGrew UpActressesPlaywrightManhattan Author:Laura Linney
“I grew up on a ranch with my father, so he educated us really early on about guns. We used to go target shooting all the time.” UsedFatherGrewGrew UpGunEducatedShootingTargetTarget Shooting Author:Eva Longoria
“I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.” StillsFatherGrewGrew UpGunBarrelsRiflesSouthernerShotguns Author:Jon Meacham
“My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.” IfsKnowsPersonsHappensRememberFatherTaughtGrewGrew UpNegativeAtmosphereExpectingNo Point Author:Joyce Meyer
“I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.” MotherFatherResponsibilityTroubleStrangeSonDutyGrewGrew UpCuriosityDebtGamblingMixturesPresbyterians Author:Rupert Murdoch
“My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.” FatherEnvironmentGrewGrew UpEconomicsPhysicsBackgroundsEngineeringEngineers Author:Elon Musk
“My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.'” UsedFatherNamesGrewGrew UpCall MeGrandparentBrooklynNorwegians Author:Jo Nesbo