Grew up Quotes · Page 30

I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on…

— Anne Waldman

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

— Ken Curtis

I think I became funny because I grew up in the Bronx. I was small and weak and Jewish instead of large…

— Dave Barry

I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount…

— Janice Dickinson

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely…

— Alexandra Wentworth

I grew up to be indifferent to the distinction between literature and science, which in my teens were simply two languages for…

— Jacob Bronowski

All through the nineties I met people. Crowds of people. Met and met and met, until it seemed that people were born…

— Carolyn Wells

I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It…

— Vin Diesel

You write because you don't talk very well, and maybe one of the reasons that I was determined to write was that…

— John Updike

I grew up in a Cleveland suburb called Parma, Ohio. Somewhere along the way I fell in love with a typeface called…

— Michael Bierut

I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I…

— Alejandro Zambra

I grew up as a kid being able to attend concerts, go to art museums. Santa Barbara was a rich cultural community,…

— Floyd Norman

Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up…

— Amy Irving

For my birthday this year, my girlfriends - who knew I'd just inherited my dad's turntable - gave me a carton of…

— Connie Britton

I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and…

— Christopher Walken

I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to…

— Mark Hoppus

I grew up as a fan of the original Star Trek series. When I was in middle school, I think in the…

— Ronald D. Moore

I think I've had my taste.I got to work with Sam [L.Jackson]. I can say I did it. I had my shot.…

— Samuel L. Jackson

I have three boys. And I wanted to make sure it connected with them and then those guys who grew up like…

— Carl Hart

I don't think we ever sat down in the early days and said "hey lets be a band that wears make up".…

— Andy Biersack

Anyone who grew up in the crack era - you know, I grew up in that era - knew that there were…

— Mahershala Ali

I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats,…

— Julia Glass

I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz…

— Molly Ringwald

The street is as diverse as any other sector, but in peoples' mind it gets appropriated as a black man who's tough.…

— Cornel West

I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes…

— Justin Cronin

I'm not against the Hanukkah songs. I like Hanukkah songs. I grew up with Hanukkah songs. I'm not opposed to Hanukkah or…

— Howard Dean

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came…

— Lee Konitz

I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate…

— Mark Cuban

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are…

— Lucy Liu

My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him.

— Michael Bond

I've noticed a pattern in stars that start acting out in public. Every one of them felt like they grew up without…

— Neil Strauss

I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately…

— Andrew Solomon

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo…

— Simon Cowell

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

— Billy Sherwood

For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.

— Robert B. Parker

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles…

— Jennifer Lopez

I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming…

— Olivia Munn

Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time.…

— Daniel Radcliffe

You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story.

— Rashida Jones

I think I'm very in touch with nature because I grew up in that surrounding. That's a big part of who I…

— Eliot Paulina Sumner