My background is in comedy.

My background is all comedy. I've been doing improv since I was 17. It's funny, because when I meet people, I'm known as this…

— Derek Mears

My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from.

— Charlie Murphy

My background's in comedy.

— Kate Herron

I come from Oregon, which is this super-white state, so I didn't really have a lot of Asian friends in high school and college.…

— Nico Santos

I have to say that my background in comedy, of performing live, has been such a great foundation for what we do now on…

— Lauren Ash

I have no filmi background.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every…

— Wadah Khanfar

Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music.

— Badshah

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

— Peter Sunde

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic…

— John Legend

The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless…

— David H. Koch

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.…

— Dana Goodyear

I grew up with a religious background.

— Alex Caruso

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca