“I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.” StarsWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTvsGrewDadGrew UpOriginalsMy DadOregonOriginal Star Trek Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I grew up in a sailing family. My dad lived for sailing, and when we moved to Canada when I was a child, he really wanted us to learn.” ChildrenWantedGrewDadGrew UpMovedMy DadCanadaSailing Author:Daria Werbowy
“I grew up with a lot of spirituality. It wasn't necessarily organized religion, because my mom was Jewish and my dad was Muslim. I went to Catholic school. There was a lot of conversation about comparative religions.” SchoolSpiritualityGrewMomDadConversationGrew UpCatholicMy DadMy MomOrganizedOrganized ReligionComparative ReligionCatholic School Author:Patricia Arquette
“I was introduced to skateboarding through my father. He was a surfer back in the 50's & 60's in Hawaii, where my parents grew up. They later moved to California and I was born. Skateboarding was the thing for surfers here in California in the 60's and my Dad immediately made me a homemade board.” MadeFatherParentBornGrewDadGrew UpMovedMy DadCaliforniaBoardsHawaiiSurferHomemadeSkateboarding Author:Christian Hosoi
“Since my Dad was an artist, I grew up around art shows and openings and that had a big impact on me as well, especially in L.A. So skateboarding was the cool thing to do and I was totally attracted to it and once I saw the magazines... that was it, I knew this was what I wanted to do for a living.” WellsArtShowsBigsWantedArtistSawsGrewDadGrew UpImpactMy DadOpeningMagazinesThings To DoCool ThingsSkateboardingBig Impact Author:Christian Hosoi
“I grew up driving old pickup trucks on the ranch with my dad, and I still always find myself driving like I'm out in an open field, except I'm in LA on La Cienega in the middle of rush-hour traffic.” StillsHoursMiddleFieldsGrewDadGrew UpMy DadDrivingTrafficTruckPickupsRush HourOpen FieldsPickup Trucks Author:Amber Heard
“I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.” HeartSoulGrewMomDadMy HeartMetsGrew UpMusic IsMusicalMy DadMy MomDancerHouseholdHeart And SoulGrandmaMusic And DanceTap DancersGreat Grandma Author:Taryn Manning
“I grew up in Southern California so I was always at the beach and outdoors. I remember my dad laying around the pool baking; he was practically George Hamilton.” RememberGrewDadGrew UpMy DadBeachCaliforniaSouthernPoolBakingHamiltonSouthern California Author:C. J. Wilson
“There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.” ProblemFineGrewDadGrew UpMy DadMy SisterMumNo Problem Author:Norah Jones
“I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn't always go. The way I grew up, that's very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather.” WayYearsKidsHateGrewMomColdDadHusbandNormalGrew UpMy DadMy MomWeatherMy HusbandSkiingCold Weather Author:Julie Bowen
“I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.” SchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewDadBandGrew UpSingingSevenMy DadKansas Author:Martina McBride
“I love martial-arts movies. I grew up with my dad watching kung-fu theater every Sunday. So it was kind of my thing.” KindArtGrewDadGrew UpTheaterMy DadSundayMartial ArtsKung Fu Author:Milla Jovovich
“I grew up going to church. My dad was a pastor. I knew that God had a plan for my life. I knew that Jesus was the only way to Heaven. But I loved sin. The Bible says that sin is pleasurable for a season and I loved it.” WayJesusHeavenChurchSinPlansGrewDadGrew UpSeasonsMy DadPastorGoing To Church Author:Dominic Balli
“When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers and my dad had a sewer company and it wasn't the way Seattle is now. Culturally, it was very different back then.” WayDifferentCompanyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadFishingVillageSeattleSewers Author:Rainn Wilson
“I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an adopted family where my mom is Christian and Caucasian, my dad is Jewish, my sister is Mexican and I don't know, I don't tan so well. I think I'm mostly Irish.” ThinkingKnowsWellsChristianHateGrewMomDadGrew UpI HateMy DadMy MomCall MeMy SisterAdoptedNaiveMexicanCaucasian Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.” PlayGrewDadGrew UpMusicianEarsSightInstrumentsMy DadHouseholdClassical MusicPhenomenal Author:Bill Walton
“My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager. I always loved movies but they seemed too complicated until I got a job as an assistant on a movie-of-the-week and the technical process became demystified, like peeking behind a magician's curtain. Not long after that I switched to movies and never looked back.” WorldLongJobsProcessBehindsWeekGrewDadDirectorsGrew UpTheaterMy DadComplicatedTheatreTeenagerCurtainsMagicianAssistantsProminentTorontoPeekingTheatre Directors Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture and I was coming from a place of fearing the police. So I was anti-establishment, but also loving your country. It's kind of an ironic sort of upbringing.” KindCountrySongGrewDadGrew UpArmyPoliceMy DadOur CountryBelongingIronicEstablishmentUpbringingLoving YouCounterculture Author:Mike Dirnt
“'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.” SpecialRocksListeningGrewDadGrew UpMy Dad Author:Bruno Mars
“My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.” WorldIdeasWholeFilmStuffGrewMomDadComfortableGrew UpHollywoodMy DadMy MomUpbringingTranslators Author:Tatiana Maslany
“I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.” KindArtFormSportsFiguresGrewDadGrew UpTownsMy DadHockeyFulfilledSmall TownSkating Author:Rachel McAdams