“The Goonies' is classic. That's, like, the movie I bring with me if I go out of town for a long time, because it just makes me think of the best times I've seen it with my friends growing up. Dude, everybody knows that movie, everybody watches that film. Best family film ever made.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongMadeFilmWatchesGrowing UpGrowingLong TimeMy FriendsTownsClassicBest TimesBest FamilyFriends Growing Up Author:Logan Lerman
“Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.” PeopleThinkingWayBigsGrowsWatchesGrowing UpFour Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.” LongHomeDreamSchoolFallWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionTvsMomMy MomRanGradesHomework Author:Melissa Rauch
“I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.” ChildrenLongDifferentRunningSchoolAmericaUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansBrotherHugeSceneJokesYeahGoldenMy BrotherFamily And FriendsMurphyAfter SchoolComing To AmericaInside JokesGolden Child Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.” KindWantedFunCareersWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTeamModelsMy FavoriteGymnast Author:Alicia Sacramone
“It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!” WatchesGrowing UpGrowingBrotherMy BrotherTennis Author:Christine Taylor
“I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.” BigsUsedForceWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansMomMy MomDefaultSmurf Author:Jayma Mays
“Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.” AmericaYoungGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTvsFemale Author:Lauryn Hill
“There is a report that says that kids who watch violent TV programs tend to be more violent when they grow up. But did the TV cause the violence, or do violent children preferentially enjoy watching violent programs?” ChildrenKidsGrowsCausesEnjoyWatchesGrowing UpViolenceTelevisionTvsProgramViolentReports Author:Carl Sagan
“You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'” KnowsWantWellsEnoughPlayHappensCareKidsSchoolGuyIndividualGrowsStuffCareersWatchesGrowing UpTeamDon't CareHeyGood EnoughNhl Author:Mike Babcock
“You can't not be into basketball and grow up in Chicago or live in L.A., because people are so fanatical about the teams. You know what's going on with the games even if you don't watch.” PeopleIfsKnowsGamesGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTeamBasketballChicago Author:Virginia Madsen
“Growing up, I used to watch Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, All in the Family. Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, McMillan and Wife and Columbo.” BelieveShowsUsedWatchesGrowing UpWifeGrowingMy FamilyHappy Day Author:Mark Pellegrino
“The days of television as we knew it growing up are over. You have a bigger, wider world audience on the Internet, larger than any American television series. People don't watch television in the same context as before. Nowadays they watch their television on the Internet at their convenience. That's the whole wave, and it's now - not the future.” PeopleWorldWholeWatchesAudienceGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionInternetBiggerSeriesWaveOver YouConvenienceAmerican Television Author:Criss Angel
“I am actually a big sissy, and growing up, I never used to watch horror movies. Bambi gave me nightmares.” BigsUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingHorrorNightmareSissy Author:Danielle Panabaker
“I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.” WatchesGrowing UpGrowingHockeyDakotaNorth Dakota Author:Phil Jackson
“I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.” PeopleKindGamesSportsAttitudeWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherObservingTeammateMy AttitudeFootball GameWatching Sports Author:Eli Manning
“I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.” MomentsHomeEyeWantedSchoolRememberGivenParentWatchesGrowing UpGrowingDaughterMy DaughterThat MomentSingle Parent Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.” NeedsChildrenHomeGrowsHoursWatchesGrowing UpFourMy ChildrenChunksCarvingRandom Things Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“Is there someone who passively watches his children growing up? We constantly and maximally invest ourselves into our children to realize our vision of happiness. But not for us - for those children. It's not enough that we molest ourselves, so we have to molest the children as well.” WellsChildrenEnoughHappinessRealizingVisionWatchesGrowing UpGrowingOur ChildrenChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Ruben Papian
“My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.” UsedMotherWatchesGrowing UpGrowingGenesAdoreWilder Author:Lucy Punch
“I also love being able to do something that kids and families can enjoy because I have two children of my own and I want them to grow up watching all the fabulous animated movies and cartoons that I loved to watch as a kid.” WantChildrenTwoKidsAbleGrowsEnjoyMy OwnLove IsWatchesGrowing UpCartoonFabulousAnimatedAnimated Movies Author:Amy Poehler
“My dad is a carpenter, a joiner, and I used to watch him make things. So I always imagined that I'd do something where I made things, too. I was really more interested in architecture growing up because I would work with my dad on houses.” MadeUsedHouseWatchesGrowing UpGrowingDadMy DadArchitectureCarpenter Author:Christopher Bailey
“You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.” ThinkingMenYearsShowsMightKidsFacesSexGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTelevisionDearHipsDear God Author:Shonda Rhimes
“I do think it's important for black writers to show that we too can make it into the mainstream. Growing up, I didn't just watch The Cosby Show, I watched Growing Pains and Family Ties too. We can tell those stories too.” ThinkingImportantStoriesShowsPainBlackWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTiesMainstreamGrowing PainsFamily TiesCosby Show Author:Lena Waithe
“In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.” PeopleWantTryingStoriesTurnsGrowsWatchesGrowing UpMarkTheaterCompelledTurn-onMovie Theater Author:Jon M. Chu