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I grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden. I also lived in Ghana for four years and in Australia for one year. My dad was working…

— Kelly Gale

We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a…

— River Phoenix

Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in…

— Hugo Weaving

My parents, in their 40s, moved to a different country, started a business, bought a house, didn't speak the language, raised two kids -…

— Jamie Chung

Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven.

— Keren Ann

When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part…

— Nicole Beharie

When you have parents that come from a country that you weren't raised in, you feel this weird sense of familiarity, like you've returned…

— Roy Choi

I have both Swedish and Iranian cultures ingrained in me, so that's always there. Plus my love of the U.S. began early on. But…

— Snoh Aalegra

We moved around a lot when I was kid. I'd lived in three continents before I was 12.

— Tana French

When I was 13 I made a youth national team and we went on a trip to Europe. It was the first time that…

— Jesse Marsch

I was born in Canada, and then my dad played pro soccer in England and then also on an island off the coast of…

— Kylie Bunbury