Brother Quote by Samuel L. Jackson

I'd spent summers growing up in Mississippi, so I had an idea of what the South is like.

— Patty Jenkins

It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise…

— Medgar Evers

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of…

— Bubba Sparxxx

I was raised in the south with my grandparents and in New York with my mom and Diddy. And that created a balance for…

— Quincy Brown

I grew up in a small Southern town, kind of a counterculture to a small Southern mentality.

— Abigail Spencer

Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two…

— Sam Trammell

Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of…

— Laurie Holden

I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me…

— Chadwick Boseman

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

— Ann Bancroft

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

— Emeril Lagasse

The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know.

— Billy Bob Thornton