Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. — Ryan Phillippe
I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. — Amy Ryan
My background is that I've spent a lot of time marketing entertainment. One of the old saws in package goods is you can take something… — Fred Seibert
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are… — Gustav Stresemann
I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was… — Julian Lennon
I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer. — Jerry Spinelli
I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of… — Michael Shannon
I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up,… — Michael Shannon
Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter… — Aaron Tveit
But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people. — Uma Thurman
As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we… — Mark Udall
If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are. — Carol Vorderman
Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. — Jack Vance
Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a… — Dreama Walker
Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than… — Irvine Welsh
That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody… — Jack White
Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background,… — Walter Jon Williams
My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater. — Zachary Levi
When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their… — Kimberly Guilfoyle
See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience.… — Mary Anne Radmacher

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