Grew Up Quotes - Page 34

• I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

  Rebecca Hall

  Kids, Film, Grew

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• If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything.

  Rebecca Hall

  Home, America, Tourists

  "Rebecca Hall is Transcontinental". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 15, 2012.

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• Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

  Sally Hawkins

  Brother, Dad, Inspiration

  "Happy-Go-Lucky Interview". Interview with Anna Smith, www.ign.com. April 18, 2008.

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• I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character.

  Sally Hawkins

  Girl, Reading, School

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• I grew up on film scores and scores from films.

  Skitch Henderson

  Film, Score, Film Scores

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• I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Strong, Thinking, Female Role Models

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is.

  Amy Irving

  Stars, Fighting, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that.

  Janis Ian

  Thinking, People, Worry

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• If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.

  Vanilla Ice

  Running, Boys, Generations

  "Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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• I grew up on two wheels in the dirt.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Two, Dirt, Wheels

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• I grew up racing off-road trucks. They were on road courses with jumps. I made a name for myself in that style of racing.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Names, Racing, Style

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• In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.

  Sonia Johnson

  Home, Thinking, Firsts

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• I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young.

  Alan Jackson

  Young, Needed, Felt

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

  Alan Jackson

  Baby, Boys, Four

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.

  Allison Janney

  Brother, Men, World

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• When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.

  Bill James

  Kids, Newspapers, Grew

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• During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.

  Famke Janssen

  Country, Religious, Oklahomans

  "Famke Janssen and Bringing Up Bobby". Interview with Nicki Richesin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2012.

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• I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.

  Keith Jarrett

  Piano, Language, Speak

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• I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling.

  Ken Jeong

  Wrestling, North Carolina, Carolina

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• I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

  Naomi Judd

  Secret, Pathology, Grew

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• I grew up in an all-white community.

  Gayle King

  White, Community, Grew

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• I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Kids, Shy, Remember

  "Interview: Lisa Kleypas, author of 'Crystal Cove'". Interview with Pamela Clare, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. February 14, 2013.

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• Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him.

  Patsy Kensit

  Mother, Dad, Men

  "Patsy Kensit: My family values". Interview With Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2011.

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• I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.

  Taylor Kinney

  Football, Country, Fun

  "Taylor Kinney Exclusive Interview the Vampire Diaries". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 21, 2010.

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• Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian colour, maybe it's one of those things that I grew up with and recognise at some other level.

  Anish Kapoor

  Levels, Red, Colour

  Interview with John Tusa, anishkapoor.com. 2003.

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