Background Quote by Jennifer Lopez

I grew up in the Bronx.

— Chris Hayes

I'm from a rough place: the Bronx.

— Kemba Walker

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.

— Amy Ryan

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

— Abel Ferrara

I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a…

— Cara Buono

I'm a Bronx boy to the core.

— Ritchie Torres

I grew up in the South Bronx in the 1970s. My dad worked in IT, and my mom was a teacher.

— Sunny Hostin

Why 'Do Bronx'? Because I'm from the slums, those are my roots.

— Charles Oliveira

I grew up in New York City. And I lived in the Bronx in a place called Parkchester.

— George A. Romero

We all grew up in Bronxville, I went to Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart - in the old location on Convent Avenue -…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

I've been to Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan numerous times throughout my career.

— Nicole Malliotakis