“My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68.” AgeRememberLike YouDadMetsMovedRateMy DadAverageAgentsMortality Author:Willard Scott
“Well, when you're an immigrant writer, or an immigrant, you're not always welcome to this country unless you're the right immigrant. If you have a Mexican accent, people look at you like, you know, where do you come from and why don't you go back to where you came from? So, even though I was born in the United States, I never felt at home in the United States. I never felt at home until I moved to the Southwest, where, you know, there's a mix of my culture with the U.S. culture, and that was why I lived in Texas for 25 years.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsWellsLooksCountryStatesHomeCultureFeltBornUnitedUnited StatesLike YouMovedWelcomeImmigrantsTexasAccentsMexican Author:Sandra Cisneros
“When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when you get out of the subway."” KnowsFirstsLooksSaidNew YorkLike YouMovedSubway Author:Maya Rudolph
“I also love doing comedy. I just moved to L.A. last July. Before that, Vancouver is all about sci-fi, so I didn't get any comedy, whatsoever. But in L.A., people are like, "You don't look quirky enough," and I'm like, "I'm quirky. I'm the definition of quirky. How do you want me to look quirky." They have these little boxes that they put everyone in, so now I have to try to break the mold and get them to see me as being quirky.” PeopleWantTryingLooksLittlesEnoughLastsBreakComedyLike YouMovedDefinitionsBoxesSci FiWant MeJulyMoldYou Want MeQuirkyVancouverDo You Want Me Author:Tinsel Korey
“There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, 'Will you all just shut up!' And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, 'What are you doing?!' I was like, 'You better get up here! I don't play the fighting games.'” PlayGuyGirlFightingThreeGamesBehindsTalkingFrontsLike YouTheaterMadMovedGet UpShut UpIncidentsMy GirlMovie Theater Author:Kevin Hart
“My step-dad started playing hockey in Detroit so we moved and I had to start home school. I started watching movies since I had a bunch of free time and then I was like, 'You know what? I want to give this a shot, move back to L.A., and audition.' The first show I booked was a show called Threshold with Carla Gugino and it was obviously a terrifying experience and I felt out of my comfort zone, but it made me want to keep going because it was fun.” KnowsWantGivingFirstsMadeShowsHomeSchoolMovingFunFeltStepsLike YouDadComfortShotsMovedBunchZoneKeep GoingHockeyComfort ZoneAuditionsDetroitThresholdFree TimePlaying HockeyStep Dad Author:Steven R. McQueen
“I'd moved to L.A., and everyone's actors here and writers, they were like super emotional and super in touch with their feelings, and it seemed like every two weeks one of my friend just coming to me and, like, you hurt my feelings the other day, dude.” TwoFeelingsActorsHurtWeekEmotionalLike YouMy FriendsMovedTwo WeeksHurt My Feelings Author:Seth Rogen
“I grew up in Harlem, but I moved to the Lower East Side when I was a teenager and it was ... I feel like when I try to describe it, it doesn't sound believable. It just sounds like you're lying. And I see it on the faces of my younger friends.” FeelsTryingFacesLyingSoundSidesLike YouGrewGrew UpMovedEastTeenagerBelievableHarlemEast Side Author:Zoe Leonard
“Doing reality TV is hard. You get lost. You are shooting three months before anybody sees it. So you are past [the emotions]. Then when it airs and the public sees it, they react and it drags you back. It feels you have grown, but then you suddenly feel like you haven't moved at all.” FeelsHardRealityPastThreeLostEmotionAirHavensTvsLike YouMonthsMovedShootingDragThree MonthsReality TvLost You Author:Michel'le