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I was 22 when my mother gave me the original box set of 'Roots' and she said, 'I want you to watch this.' I…

— Malachi Kirby

I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.

— Jim Rash

I started working in a tire shop when I was 12, so my childhood was cut off early because I had to work, so…

— Alex Pereira

I got my first job in television when I was 18, on the kids' cable channel Nickelodeon, introducing the 'Rugrats' and other programs. It…

— Simon Amstell

I feel like I grew up being babysat by a television, and all I ever wanted to do was be in movies, direct movies,…

— Noel Wells

I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would…

— Paula Poundstone

Although I could read before I went to school, and I won the school reading prize at five years old, my early children's stories…

— Michelle Magorian

I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn't have a normal childhood.…

— Ricky Schroder

I grew up, from ages 8 to 18, watching reruns of 'Star Trek' with my dad and my mom when they got home from work.

— Justin Lin

I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

— Edward Norton

I grew up in a very small house with five brothers and sisters and my parents, all with one little bathroom. And from as…

— John Varvatos

I started taking acting classes when I was 14. That's when I knew I wanted to try it professionally. Before that, I watched movies,…

— Julia Garner