“I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.” ThinkingKnowsPlayWantedAmericaActorsMiddleGrewGrew UpMy FamilyPrincessBridesPrincess BrideMiddle America Author:Missi Pyle
“I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London - I've been in all these cities, shooting away in the winter, thinking, 'People who choose to live here are insane.” PeopleThinkingWorldMadeCitiesNew YorkGrewGrew UpWinterLondonInsaneShootingLos AngelesChicagoPhiladelphiaPittsburghNorway Author:John Landis
“A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case.” PeopleThinkingWholeProcessCasesGrewGrew UpStudiosRecording Studio Author:Julian Lennon
“I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.” ThinkingWorldImportantHardBigsFilmDiesNextStarsSpaceFantasyGenerationsFansGrewGrew UpOriginalsNineCinemaSci FiNext GenerationDeep Space Author:Olivia Thirlby
“I grew up in an eclectic house where people were listening to all types of different music. I also think being educated, eloquent and knowing how to talk for yourself in the industry makes you go a long way.” PeopleThinkingWayLongDifferentHouseKnowingListeningGrewTypeIndustryGrew UpEducatedLong WayEloquentEclecticDifferent Music Author:Tinie Tempah
“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingKidsRememberGrewFitGrew UpDecidedBoxesCreditFlyingHandleAbsurdMealsMonkeysWizardsPythonMonty Author:Gore Verbinski
“A quarter of my life has been spent on 'Secret Life.' I'm 20 and I've been doing it for five years, so I think the best moments have been when all the cast members get to work together and we get to collaborate and share experiences. We all grew up together.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensMomentsTogetherSecretFiveShareGrewMembersGrew UpCastsFive YearsWorking TogetherQuartersSecret LifeBest MomentsCast Members Author:Shailene Woodley
“When a lot of things are going the wrong way for a country, for a people, when you can't really think of anything worse than a war, you always try to take life on the brighter side and that's how I grew up with my parents.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingWarCountryParentSidesGrewGrew UpBrighterWrong WayBrighter Side Author:Andy Murray
“I would be annoyed if I were any more in tune with modern sensibilities. I was shaped differently. The world in which I grew up was Texan and Southern, and it had many, many failings. I think I've gotten rid of most of the bad things in myself from that earlier age, but I don't adjust to the way things are progressing now.” IfsThinkingWorldWayWould BeAgeProgressFailingModernGrewGrew UpTunesBad ThingsSouthernSensibilityAnnoyedTexan Author:John Graves
“If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. But if you grew up in Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union is controlling everything and killing people, then you think capitalism is liberating. Neither of those two things are true and it doesn't take a lot brains to understand this.” PeopleIfsThinkingTwoBrainGrewGrew UpCapitalismWingsUnionsKillingTwo ThingsSovietDictatorshipSoviet UnionMarxismLiberatingRight WingBrazilCzechoslovakiaControlling Everything Author:Jose Padilha
“My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.” ThinkingHumansHuman BeingsGroupsGrewGrew UpFilledNeighborhoodEthnic Groups Author:Chita Rivera
“I grew up thinking that because I couldn't read, I was stupid and would never amount to anything. I worked my way through college as a waitress and thought I wasn't capable of doing anything else. My grades in English were horrible, and I barely got through.” ThinkingWayStupidCollegeGrewAmountGrew UpCapableHorribleMy WayGradesWaitressI Was Stupid Author:Suze Orman
“There is a difference these days between who's making the music and buying the music, in terms of the way that they think, grew up, and their perspective. It's become much more diverse.” ThinkingWayTermDifferencesPerspectiveGrewGrew UpThese DaysBuyingDiverse Author:El-P
“The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who could ever remember the plot of those shows?” ThinkingShowsRememberFunTelevisionGrewGrew UpErasPlotConventionsTransparent Author:Joe Bradley
“It is an absolute privilege to be able to speak another language and have it be something you grew up with. I think it's a very important thing and I think that everywhere else in the world people speak more than one language.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantAbleSpeakLanguageGrewGrew UpAbsolutesImportant ThingsPrivilege Author:Lucy Liu
“I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned up without the federal government needing to be involved. I think we would have been much better served from the start if people would have better understood the principles of private property.” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensWholeGovernmentCitiesPrinciplesSunSkyGrewInvolvedGrew UpUnderstoodPropertyFederal GovernmentNoonPrivate PropertyPittsburgh Author:Ron Paul
“I say to my team all the time that this is how I grew up: Always thinking that, at any minute, I could be unemployed. You have to scramble. You have to work hard and get ahead of things.” ThinkingHardTeamMinutesHard WorkGrewGrew UpUnemployedGet AheadAlways Thinking Author:Ursula Burns
“I think Washington, in general, is dysfunctional. I think it's high time we put people in Congress who were not beholden to their party, and not beholden to anything but the people who they live around and grew up around, in my case.” PeopleThinkingPartyCasesGrewGrew UpCongress Author:Clay Aiken
“I've always paid attention to religion because I grew up in a religious background, but I've never felt a part of any of them. I think there's something to be drawn from most of them - other than goat sacrificing.” ThinkingFeltReligiousAttentionSacrificeGrewGrew UpPaidBackgroundsGoats Author:Brad Pitt
“I grew up in the 1920s and 1930s in a nouveau riche world, where money was spent wildly, and I'm still living in one!... The private schools are all jammed with long waiting lists; the clubs -- all the old clubs -- are jammed with long waiting lists today; the harbors are clogged with yachts; there has never been a more material society than the one we live in today.... Where is this 'vanished world' they talk about? I don't think the critics have looked out the window!” ThinkingWorldLongStillsTodaySchoolWaitingMaterialsGrewGrew UpWindowCriticsClubsListsHarbors1930sYachtPrivate SchoolNouveau Riche Author:Louis Auchincloss
“I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling.” ThinkingKnowsFeelingsGrowsFantasyGrowing UpGrewSafeGrew UpNeighborValleys Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different.” PeopleThinkingDifferentBigsCitiesGrewGrew UpNew YorkersDetroitBig Cities Author:Mike Binder
“My mom was always a fan of just really elegant, sophisticated pieces. I mean we grew up in Maine, so we didn't have a lot of call for black tie or anything, but I think I definitely got that sensibility from her.” ThinkingMeanBlackPiecesFansGrewMomGrew UpMy MomTiesSophisticatedSensibilityElegantMaineBlack Tie Author:Anna Kendrick
“When you move away from where you grew up, I think you tend to have even more pride of where you came from.” ThinkingMovingPrideGrewGrew UpWhere You Grew Up Author:Kristopher Belman
“I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingSongListeningGrewGrew UpBeatsMajorityGlitterGaryShuffle Author:Martin Gore
“Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.” PeopleThinkingBookStoriesBigsOur LivesHugeGrewDramaGrew UpFilledSupposed To BeDramaticMovieUps & DownsArcsBooks And Movies Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.” ThinkingGrowsGrowing UpGrewGrew UpSmartFeedbackBeing SmartIdentifyingSmart And Funny Author:Lauren Graham
“We cannot avoid the globalization of knowledge and information. When I was a boy growing up in Kansas, I could never think about a Buddhist, or a Hindu, or Muslim, or even a Protestant - I grew up in such a Catholic ghetto. That's not possible anymore, unless you live in a cave or something. So either we have knowledge of what the other religions and other denominations are saying, and how they tie into the common thread, or we end up just being dangerously ignorant of other people and therefore prejudiced.” PeopleThinkingEndsCommonBoysGrowing UpGrowingInformationGrewGrew UpCatholicIgnorantBuddhistTiesThreadJust BeingCavesGlobalizationGhettoProtestantsKansasDenominationsCommon ThreadsKnowledge And Information Author:Richard Rohr
“I grew up in the Philippines, and I don’t think there is a problem with the typhoon. It’s normal for us.” ThinkingProblemGrewNormalGrew UpPhilippinesTyphoons Author:Manny Pacquiao
“I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.” PeopleThinkingI CanCountryPoliticalSocialGrowing UpGrowingHappenedGrewGrew UpConscienceRaisedOur CountryPolitical History Author:George Clooney
“I think so much of my early life, even though I grew up White and middle class, I was completely shattered by the horrifically violent atmosphere I grew up in. I am a consequence of violence. That opened a door to many realities that I would not have experienced had I not survived what I did.” ThinkingRealityWhiteClassViolenceDoorsMiddleGrewGrew UpConsequenceViolentAtmosphereMiddle ClassSurvivedShatteredEarly LifeConsequences Of Violence Author:Eve Ensler
“Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsHomeLeftRealizingFamilyFoodGrewGrew Up Book:The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition Source: The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition
“Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism - also provides a way of thinking. And I think those two structures - one highly logical, the other anything but - are always part of my thought process as I'm putting together a story.” ThinkingWayDoeTwoPhilosophyStoriesTogetherProcessGrewGrew UpStructureLogicalMy ThoughtsWay Of ThinkingThought ProcessMormonism Author:Brian Evenson
“Seriously, I grew up a fan of Hulk Hogan, and I think I bring some of his best values to the ring... the values of a superhero. Always do your best. Never give up... I think kids want to believe in that, and they should believe in that.” ThinkingWantGivingShouldBelieveKidsValuesFansGrewGiving UpGrew UpRingsSuperheroNever Giving Up Author:John Cena
“Whenever I hear an American say Aussies drive on the 'wrong side of the road,' I just lose it. You ever think about how those people grew up driving on the 'wrong side of the road,' watched a lot of people get hurt on the 'wrong side of the road,' die on the 'wrong side of the road,' while other people cheered from the 'right side of the road'? Australia has a thing called Highway Fights, so it's touchy.” PeopleThinkingDiesFightingSidesLosesHurtGrewGrew UpDrivingAustraliaHighwaysTouchyAussiesDriving On Author:Russell Crowe
“I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.” PeopleThinkingStatesHelpingProblemUnitedUnited StatesGrewGrew UpSolveArtisticServantPermissionCivil Servants Author:Wallace Shawn
“I grew up as a fairly poor kid in, you know, Toronto, Canada. I don't think I owned any new clothes until I was, like, 15 or something. They were all second-hand and forged from paper.” ThinkingKnowsHandsKidsPoorGrewPaperClothesGrew UpCanadaTorontoForgedSecond HandNew ClothesSecond Hand Clothes Author:Paulo Costanzo
“I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it.” ThinkingBreakGrewGrew UpUnderstoodPaidTake TimeFast PacedTime Off Author:Alicia Keys
“I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself.” IfsThinkingWayWritingMightFilmStreetsGrewGrew UpEastMy WayLos AngelesIndie Films Author:Michael Trevino
“I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFatherForceFeltSupportAirBrotherDutyGrewHonorGrew UpArmySoldierWarriorMy BrotherOfficersGrandfatherMy GrandfatherAir ForceKinship Author:Kris Kristofferson
“I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."” ThinkingFirstsI CanWantedFeetSonGrewDadGrew UpSevenThirtyTexasAirportsPortArthurDallasHouston Author:Dallas Roberts
“There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.” IfsThinkingHouseParentRocksGrewGrew UpAgreeBillsHipsRock N RollCharlieHaleyGroovy Author:Elvis Costello
“I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.” ThinkingKnowsYearsShowsSoundGrowthGrowingPlansGrewGrew UpCatAlbumsFadesFourth Author:Young Jeezy
“I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire. All the way through college, I had a part-time job. I worked hard to get the things that you need at that age.” ThinkingWayNeedsHardAgeJobsGoalCollegeGrewGrew UpMillionaireLife GoalPart TimePart Time Jobs Author:Cecelia Ahern
“I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.” ThinkingChildrenLittlesIdeasFallTreeGrewGrew UpFalling In LoveErasNew LifePalmsPalm Trees Author:Paul Theroux
“I'm just a guy that grew up in a total fun-loving environment. I try to create that everywhere I go. Basically what I'm doing is a reflection of me as an individual, me naturally. I'm not staging or putting on anything. I think my approach to the game is an all-out approach, whatever it takes to win. I've always been that way.” ThinkingWayTryingGuyGamesWinningIndividualFunEnvironmentGrewApproachGrew UpReflectionWhatever It TakesStagingFun Loving Author:Dave Parker
“I think the big thing for Simple Plan is that we were able to keep the band members, the same five guys, the same lineup from the start. That's not easy. We grew up together. We're friends. We come from the same world. We've always had the same dreams and goals. I think we realized, as the years go by, how precious it is to have that, to build that, to see so many bands break up... it makes us realize how different we are to all that. We're really proud of that.” ThinkingWorldYearsDifferentDreamBigsAbleTogetherGuyEasyGoalRealizingSimpleBreakFivePlansGrewProudBandMembersGrew UpBig ThingsDreams And GoalsBand MembersSimple Plan Author:Chuck Comeau
“I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.” ThinkingGivingLooksLittlesSchoolBitsBornViewsPerspectiveGrewLittle BitGrew UpMy FamilyInternationalIsraelBackgroundsIranGraduatesTurkeysGraduate SchoolJewish Family Author:Nouriel Roubini
“As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think its just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.” ThinkingGivingChildrenImportantStoriesCertainCultureFatherGrewDadGrew UpSouthExpectedHugBathsDiapers Author:Clyde Edgerton