I came out of a sort of experimental background, and I…

I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema.

— Cary Fukunaga

As I didn't belong from a filmy background, I didn't know how to become an actor.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

Going from a short to a feature is like going from crawling to flying. It's a big jump, really. Everything triples - size of…

— Aurora Guerrero

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could…

— Mark Romanek

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

— Caroline Corr

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.

— Max Schmeling

Growing up, I didn't see anybody with my skin color or my background. I didn't know it was possible to have a Middle Eastern…

— Mena Massoud

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

— John Amos

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

— Josh Turner

I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment. From a filmmaker's standpoint, that's so…

— Todd Haynes

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