“I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.” GrewLuckyProjectsGrew UpBlessedBrooklyn Author:Tracy Morgan
“I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in L.A. A lot of my friends are actors so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity, so while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want.” WantTryingPersonsActorsOpportunityRealizingGrewIndustryLuckyGrew UpMy FriendsFortunateLots Of Friends Author:Christopher Nolan
“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.” ThinkingWorldProblemFoundSocialBitsRealizingTeacherInfluencePositionGrewLuckyGrew UpImpactSocial Capital Author:Matt Damon
“I grew up feeling like a weirdo like many kids do. But I was lucky to find my own home for peculiar children. I went to a school for the gifted in Florida, and it was full of kids who - we were all strange together. And that was a real blessing.” ChildrenRealFeelingsHomeKidsSchoolTogetherMy OwnStrangeGrewBlessingLuckyGrew UpPeculiarFloridaGiftedWeirdo Author:Ransom Riggs
“I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood. I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's one of the most diverse cities in the country. Just from the different socio-economic statuses and racial and ethnic groups I was around, I was around all different types of music from the beginning.” DifferentCountryGrowsCitiesGrowing UpGroupsEconomicGrewTypeLuckyGrew UpNeighborhoodDiverseEthnic GroupsDifferent Types Of MusicEconomic Status Author:Mike Posner
“I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.” LooksWaterMemoriesRolesGrewLuckyHusbandMajorsGrew UpMy FriendsIdealsRoseProfessionArcadiaIdeal Husband Author:Samantha Bond
“I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so different from people I met later who grew up in the rural South, where many doors were closed to them.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsDoorsGrewMetsLuckyGrew UpSouthCaliforniaSantaAffluentBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.” IfsYearsDifferentGrewLuckyClothesGrew UpShoesIsraelShirtsPairsPantsAppreciatedPair Of ShoesOrphanageHandouts Author:Elie Tahari
“I grew up in the church, and so I feel that God gave me certain things to do, and I'm lucky enough to kind of have figured those things out. I just don't want to die not having tried to help somebody else with what I know.” KnowsWantFeelsKindEnoughHelpingCertainDiesChurchGrewLuckyGrew UpThings To DoWanting To Die Author:James McBride
“I'm living in a dream. I really consider myself really lucky. I was born and raised in Guatemala, in a village, where to go to the market you have to take two buses or drive about 20 minutes if you are lucky enough to have a car. I grew up very, very poor and I didn't even know that being an actor could be a career.” IfsKnowsTwoEnoughDreamActorsBornPoorCareersMinutesCarGrewLuckyGrew UpRaisedVillageBusBorn And RaisedGuatemala Author:Erick Chavarria
“I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly with books bought at yard sales, picture books from the fifties to 1975, which is really a lucky thing.” MenBookKidsGrewLuckyGrew UpAdultsCheeseYardsPicture BooksStinkyYard Sale Author:Mac Barnett
“I'm from New York. I grew up there. I grew up in Westchester County, the suburbs. For me, that was always the best of both worlds. I was super lucky to have a place where I could pretty much practice drums unperturbed. Obviously there were neighbor's complaints, but not very often, and I could get to the city easily by myself or with my parents.” WorldParentCitiesPracticeNew YorkGrewLuckyGrew UpNeighborComplaintsCountySuburbsBest Of Both Worlds Author:Guillermo E. Brown
“I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.” HappenedHeardGrewLuckyGrew UpSingingMusicalTheatreTapeFloridaRight TimeRight PlaceDemosSonyOrlandoMusical Theatre Author:Mandy Moore
“A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.” GirlGrewLuckyGrew UpPregnantWere Pregnant Author:Jill Scott