America Quote by Taylor Russell

I failed my 11-plus and ended up working in a factory after I left school. But then I passed my audition on 'New Faces'…

— Lenny Henry

I told my parents I wanted to move to New York City and be an actress when I was around seven or eight.

— Rachel Boston

I didn't grow up with a lot of money, so my mom didn't have random money to buy me a car, and I didn't…

— Dominick Cruz

When I was 15, I was not living with my parents anymore. They were on an island in the Caribbean and I was back…

— Alexandre Desplat

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with…

— Patrick Dempsey

In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents.

— Travis Kalanick

I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to…

— Ferran Adria

Growing up I had amazing parents who really let me be creative and free. I was the youngest of three by six years, the…

— Julie Taymor

I'd announced when I was 13 that I wanted to go to New York instead of college - that was quite a disaster, but…

— Ann Reinking

By the time I was 19, my parents weren't very authoritative over my life.I didn't have any doubt about that - at that time…

— Bruce Springsteen

When I was 16, my mother moved me out of Brooklyn and sent me to Florida to stay with my family for a little…

— Angie Martinez

I started working when I was 17. After working for seven-eight years, I informed my parents about my acting decision.

— Anupriya Goenka