“My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.” FirstsSchoolLeftActingSkillsTheaterTownsCamerasBackgroundsSmall TownMovie Theater Author:Franka Potente
“I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.” SchoolActingHalfCrazyFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolTownsTexasSmall Town Author:Jesse Plemons
“I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.” KnowsMadeSchoolWaterSimpleMorningGrewGrew UpRiversTownsSoccerHappy LifeElectricitySmall TownBathingFetchPlaying SoccerTap Water Author:Ishmael Beah
“I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.” KnowsKindBigsSchoolFacesGuyLevelsGrowing UpGrowingCollegeGrewHigherGrew UpTownsLeagueMinorsSmall TownHigher LevelSchool Districts Author:Roy Oswalt
“I shall begin my story with an experience I had when I was ten and attended our small town's Latin school.” BookStoriesSchoolTenTownsLatinSmall Town Book:Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse Source: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse