Background Quotes

1061 quotes by 946 authors

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his… — Harry Belafonte
The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love. There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is… — Michelle Trachtenberg
I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing… — Yvonne Strahovski
In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background — Mario Lopez
I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed — Mario Lopez
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a… — Della Reese
Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But… — Dianna Agron
I think if I hadn't had the dance background, it would have been much harder as a kid to be like, 'I'm going to be… — Dianna Agron
I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English. — Paul Walker
I never want to hide my wrestling background. — Chris Jericho
My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational. — Connie Britton
Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots. — Aretha Franklin
Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background… — Anna Friel
I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people… — Ron Silver
I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the… — Alton Brown
You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie. Consider this: nothing would be the same if… — David Niven
I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album — Melissa Joan Hart
I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit… — Gary Cole
I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am, of… — Skylar Astin
Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor. — Casey Kasem

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