“Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.” LittlesFeelingsBitsWaterBenefitsLittle BitFishesBackgrounds Author:Viggo Mortensen
“We [ with Andy Samberg] knew each other for the last few years, our names are similar, our looks are a little bit similar, and our backgrounds are similar. The Judaism is quite similar.” YearsLooksLittlesLastsNamesBitsLittle BitBackgroundsJudaism Author:Adam Sandler
“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
“I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I wanted to do that, but to talk about ourselves through the eyes of an immigrant. The film takes place in the school and it tells us a little bit about who we are and where we're at, but through the eyes of someone who has a different background.” LittlesDifferentUseEyeWantedSchoolFilmBitsLittle BitBackgroundsImmigrationWho We AreImmigrantsThrough The EyesDifferent Backgrounds Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I come from a little bit of a theatrical background. I started that way. I don't have a tremendous body of work or anything, but I went to drama school. And so, to get to do a piece where the characters get to talk a lot, and that isn't just about the spectacle or the set piece, or is simply visual or movement based. It was really wonderful for me, and juicy and exciting.” WayLittlesCharacterBodySchoolBitsPiecesWonderfulMovementDramaLittle BitExcitingBackgroundsVisualsTheatricalJuicy Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“It was really wonderful playing with Aretha [ Franklin]. I knew that she knew what she was doing, so all I had to do was sit in the background and vamp a little bit.” LittlesBitsWonderfulLittle BitBackgroundsFranklinVamp Author:Condoleezza Rice
“You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.” KnowsShouldLittlesBitsNiceLittle BitBackgrounds Author:John Krasinski
“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesSchoolThreeBitsBlackPresidentWhiteClassStudentsMajorsLittle BitHigh SchoolShoesBackgroundsBrownChemistryPaleCouncilLarryYaleDesignationHigh School StudentsKramerHigh ClassWhite ShoesStudent Council Author:Kevin Sessums