“I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I went to see every foreign film playing in my town. As times went on, I watched a lot less films. I have a different film school now. My film school now is my life experience.” DifferentKidsSchoolFilmFiveTownsVideoLife ExperienceFilm SchoolAvid Author:Jodie Foster
“When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.” YearsKidsActorsCompanyWeekNeededMetsMembersTheaterTowns Author:Trevor Nunn
“When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.” PeopleWholeRunningKidsMovingExistenceTownsDown AndWhole LifeLifestyleShoppingCentreCarnivalsNomadic Author:Randy Quaid
“As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside of the city, that's what they do - climb walls, or trees, or whatever. To me, it was more dance classes and not being very boyish.” ThinkingKidsCitiesClassTreeWallAreasTownsImpulseClimbsSmall TownDance ClassRural AreasBoyish Author:Jamie Bell
“I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.” WayKindChildrenKidsLiteratureParentAreasTownsLibraryLocalsMy Way Author:Neil Gaiman
“If you looked in magazines ... you never see me in those out-on-the-town pages. I'm either at home playing with the kids or I'm working.” IfsHomeKidsPagesTownsMagazines Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.” WellsMadeHandsKidsAgeKnownBoysCrimeSixGunTownsSurpriseWestSizeSpreadEastPocketsLegendsDaringVirginiaColoradoVestsEast And WestRioWest VirginiaColtsWheeling Author:Billy Joel
“You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesDoneKidsArtistForgetWatchesTvsLike YouHairTownsDesignerLittle Kid Author:Genevieve Gorder
“I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?” ThinkingWayBookKidsUsedCultureGoalTelevisionTownsPopsAccessPop CultureBookstores Author:Matt Groening
“I didn't grow up in a creative environment. It was very boring town, boring everything. You go to school and you basically hate all the other kids because you don't understand them or what it's all about. At the same time I'm happy for that because I became very withdrawn and when you become withdrawn you develop your own bizarre-o personality.” KidsSchoolHateGrowsCreativeGrowing UpEnvironmentPersonalityTownsBoringBizarre Author:Rob Zombie
“When Im in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.” SometimesKidsNaturalWatchesWifeCarFootballTownsMy WifeEastBarsSundayVillageInclinationEnglish FootballMy Wife And KidsEast Village Author:Joe Scarborough
“In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.” NeedsYearsLooksKidsTownsConnectedTeenagerBoredSmall Town Author:Dash Mihok