Born Quote by Bob Balaban

My dad was born in 1909, my mother in 1914, I believe. Their life experiences were different than younger parents, so I grew up…

— Joe R. Lansdale

In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and raised in…

— Phillipa Soo

I was raised in Chicago, born in St. Louis. My family's from Mississippi. A lot of places have ownership over me, but Chicago's a…

— Chris Redd

My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain.

— Michele Lee

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an…

— David Lee

I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to Oakland at that point. And then we had…

— Boots Riley

My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born.

— Larry Wilmore

My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in her early…

— Tess Gerritsen

My parents were actors. And so I was born in New York City, and when I was 7, they quit acting and went back…

— Adam Pally

I'm a first-generation American. My mother is from Argentina. My father is from Italy. When my dad was around five or six, his family…

— Diana Taurasi

My dad was born in 1930 in Lithuania, located in Eastern Europe. He was 9 years old when the war started, and his family…

— Daniel Lubetzky

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and…

— Jan Schakowsky