“I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.” FeelsSaidShowsGrewGrew UpOkayWho I AmHeyShortsSaluteWeirdo Author:Mae Whitman
“L.A. can be pretty insane because there's so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer.” PeopleKnowsShowsKidsGrewDirectorsNormalGrew UpInsaneChicagoCastingShow BusinessManhattanCasting Directors Author:Matt Walsh
“I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.” MindShowsKidsRememberParentWatchesNew YorkGrewHorrorGrew UpOkayAnnieRocky Horror Author:Gabriel Macht
“The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who could ever remember the plot of those shows?” ThinkingShowsRememberFunTelevisionGrewGrew UpErasPlotConventionsTransparent Author:Joe Bradley
“I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so...anoraky.” ShowsGrewGrew UpSurvival Author:Bear Grylls
“When I was little, that was one thing that I was told in a vision: I was going to have my own show when I grew up. And it's going to be funny.” LittlesShowsMy OwnVisionOne ThingGrewGrew Up Author:Roseanne Barr
“When I did TV shows and movies, the studios did demographic research. They were shocked to find that my audience isn't just men who are too drunk to turn off the TV after football. It's women, too. I don't know exactly why, other than that I've tried to remain true to myself for all these years. I have gone through a lot, and I've been open about it. Maybe they look at me and can see how you can grow up, have children, continue to be sexy, get married and divorced and, though you grew up poor, live the American dream. I'm very blessed. I'm happy for it all.” KnowsMenYearsLooksChildrenShowsDreamTurnsGrowsPoorAudienceGoneGrowing UpFootballTvsGrewMarriedGrew UpResearchBlessedStudiosSexyDrunkAmerican DreamTv ShowsShockedLook At MeDivorcedDemographicsTurn OffTrue To Myself Author:Pamela Anderson
“I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.” IfsShowsWantedFilmGrewGrew UpTablesPreparedDinnerBe PreparedDinner TableShow Biz Author:John Orloff
“My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV. It wasn't like I was an insider. I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.” MadeShowsKidsFatherSidesBornMy OwnFansNew YorkTvsGrewTypeBlessingGrew UpHollywoodShow BusinessUpbringingDownfallInitiationInsidersWatching TvSmitten Author:Stephanie Zimbalist
“That's a big responsibility, and the details obsess me. And, also, I no longer feel I have to do the Tonight Show every time I open my mouth. Twenty years ago, I told myself I'd rather direct than act, and it's taken me this long. You lose your passion in acting. You make too many mistakes. Maybe that's why I make so many movies; if you don't like this one, another one's opening on Tuesday. But then I spent six months of my life on 'At Long Last Love,' a picture nobody saw. I enjoyed making it, I learned from it, I grew, but that's too much time out of my life.” IfsFeelsYearsLongShowsBigsLastsPassionLosesActingMistakeResponsibilityTakenSawsToo MuchGrewMonthsSixMouthsYears AgoDirectTwentiesDetailsOpeningEnjoyedTonightSix MonthsTuesdayBig Responsibility Author:Burt Reynolds
“I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open mics were the only way to be heard by other people. It really gave me a chance to develop as a performer. Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.” PeopleWayShowsHomeReadingCommunityChallengesChancePiecesHeardFrontsGrewGrew UpBeatsStudiosPerformersSpoken WordMics Author:Macklemore
“You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe it! Every comic and most of the actors I know had a childhood full of love. Then they grew up and found out that in the grown-up world, you don't get all that love, you just get your share. So they went into show business to recapture the love they had known as children when they were the center of the universe.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveChildrenShowsUniverseActorsFoundKnownShareChildhoodLove YouGrewGrew UpComicShow BusinessCenter Of The Universe Author:Mel Brooks
“Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work. Every great idea I've ever had grew out of work itself. Sign onto a process and see where it takes you. You don't have to invent the wheel everyday. Today you will do what you did yesterday, tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually, you will get somewhere.” IdeasShowsInspirationTodayProcessGrewTomorrowCapableEverydayYesterdayWheelsGreat IdeaParameters Author:Chuck Close
“I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.” LittlesShowsSchoolFashionGrewGrew UpModelingEthiopiaFashion Show Author:Liya Kebede