Close friends Quote by Ethel Waters

My best friend was Aboriginal.

— Isabel Lucas

This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux…

— Marc Forgione

I loved growing up in Ohio.

— John Lithgow

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

— Gary Burton

I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation…

— Hugh Jackman

In Indiana, I wasn't anything special. But in New York, I've gone out with girls with purple hair who go out with me because…

— Jim Gaffigan

I was working out in a gym in Minneapolis and I met this guy named Eddie Sharkey. He had a school there where wrestlers…

— Bob Backlund

From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans.

— Steven Knight

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

— Bruce Dickinson

I always found Louise Brooks interesting. She was an icon of the silent - film era, and I knew she'd grown up in Kansas,…

— Laura Moriarty

My father when I was a kid was so deeply involved with Native Americans, he used to bring home these extraordinary headdresses and pipes.

— Kerry Kennedy

I was mainly known as a theater person, and they were always considered a little strange. But I did have a lot of friends…

— Amanda Bearse