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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.

Quotes by F. Gary Gray

In the pie chart of my brain growing up, there's a huge slice for 'Ghostbusters.'

Quotes by Evan Goldberg

I was a big fan of all the 'X-Men' films growing up.

Quotes by Evan Peters

I love the smell of vanilla, but I didn't have perfumes growing up, so I wore vanilla extract.

Quotes by Evan Rachel Wood

Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah.

Quotes by Eva Gutowski

Growing up with three older brothers, I was destined to be a tomboy.

Quotes by Eva Marie

I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman.

Quotes by Eugene Jarecki

When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.

Quotes by Ethan Zuckerman

While I was growing up, all the boys used to be my buddies. I never got that special kind of attention from them, and I was the tomboy around. Although I've become an actress today, I still have those traits.

Quotes by Esha Gupta

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

Quotes by Estelle

Growing up in rural Ohio, I knew my way around a double-wide pretty well.

Quotes by Ernest Cline

I played sports growing up in high school.

Quotes by Erin Heatherton

Having two families is just natural to me. I guess when you're growing up, whatever is happening around you is the natural thing.

Quotes by Erin Moran

I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.

Quotes by Erin Wasson

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.

Quotes by Erik Estrada

I didn't have a pool growing up, and we went to the beach to lay out and get sun.

Quotes by Erika Eleniak

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.

Quotes by Eric Stonestreet

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

Quotes by Eric McCormack

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

Quotes by Enya

Naughtiness is a part of growing up. It starts when you're a toddler and never ends.

Quotes by Engelbert Humperdinck

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

Quotes by Emma Weymouth

Growing up, I always looked up to males or comedians such as Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. I also love Lucille Ball, from the show 'I Love Lucy.'

Quotes by Emily Meade

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

Quotes by Emily Ratajkowski

The thought of me wanting to act was not an option when I was growing up, so I was getting my teaching credential.

Quotes by Emily Kuroda

When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was impossibly glamorous. I grew up in awe of her.

Quotes by Emilia Fox

My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up.

Quotes by Emeril Lagasse

Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve.

Quotes by Emeril Lagasse

For me, growing up and watching Test cricket and absolutely loving it, that's been the pinnacle for me with cricket.

Quotes by Ellyse Perry

I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.

Quotes by Ellen Wong

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

Quotes by Ellie Kemper

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraeulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

Quotes by Ellie Kemper

Growing up and working at the same time is difficult.

Quotes by Ella Purnell

I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls.

Quotes by Ella Purnell

I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.

Quotes by Elizabeth Taylor

I was a total bad girl growing up.

Quotes by Elizabeth Reaser

Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

Growing up in Georgia, it was sort of the last place to jump on the bandwagon of the integrated frontier. I have aunts and uncles and grandparents that experienced the 'whites only' and segregated schools.

Quotes by Elijah Kelley

I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guys want to share those experiences with their own sons.

Quotes by Eli Manning

I'm 36 years old, and I'm growing up. Little by little.

Quotes by Elena Anaya

I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.

Quotes by Elana Meyers

There was a computer in our garage when I was growing up, and I'd go out there in winter and wrap myself in a blanket and write a story.

Quotes by Eleanor Catton

When I was growing up, I wanted passionately to be a physicist.

Quotes by Eileen Pollack

When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban.

Quotes by Edward Enninful

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.

Quotes by Eddie Van Halen

'Spawn' was my favorite growing up, but I loved 'X-Men' and the 'Hulk' too.

Quotes by Ed Skrein

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.

Quotes by Dylan Moran

I would hole up in my bedroom growing up and teach myself guitar.

Quotes by Dustin Lynch

There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.

Quotes by Duncan D. Hunter

I'm a film maker who started on the Atari and then went onto the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. So I possibly have a different sensibility to people who didn't play games growing up.

Quotes by Duncan Jones

I was a big fan of Bret Hart growing up, and Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Triple H. I've probably drawn from them when I was younger.

Quotes by Drew McIntyre

Growing up in the north of Holland, I had a healthy and balanced diet.

Quotes by Doutzen Kroes

Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe.

Quotes by Douglas Hurd

I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. I'm dyslexic and a slow reader, but I could get through the thick ones in days!

Quotes by Douglas Booth

Growing old is not growing up.

Quotes by Douglas Horton

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.

Quotes by Dorothy Allison

I have so many special memories from the camps I went to when I was growing up.

Quotes by Donovan Mitchell

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.

Quotes by Donnie Yen

When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I've always felt a little uncomfortable around people.

Quotes by Donald Ray Pollock

I don't want my kids growing up to be city kids.

Quotes by Donald Trump, Jr.

One of the expectations growing up was that I'd become a well-known artist.

Quotes by Domino Kirke

Growing up in Cleveland, the first time I went to a WWE event, Cleveland didn't even have an arena. The Cavaliers were playing at the Richfield Coliseum. I would go out there.

Quotes by Dolph Ziggler

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

Quotes by Dirk Nowitzki

I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.

Quotes by Dimebag Darrell

Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor.

Quotes by Dianna Agron

I had a few celebrity crushes when I was growing up, including Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. And I loved Marvin Gaye - I thought he was everything and instantly fell for his voice.

Quotes by Dianne Reeves

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a tennis player.

Quotes by Diana Silvers

Growing up, I was afraid of the dark.

Quotes by Diana Silvers

Growing up, I imagined I would come to New York, get married, move to the suburbs and have kids. It just didn't happen that way.

Quotes by Diana Taylor

I guess I'm growing up in the film world.

Quotes by Devon Sawa

Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life.

Quotes by Devon Werkheiser

When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.

Quotes by Deryck Whibley

I'm actually a Type 1 diabetic, so growing up, I had to eat pretty healthy.

Quotes by Derek Theler

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

Quotes by Dermot Mulroney

My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

Quotes by Deron Williams

There's always going to be adversity in life. I saw it growing up.

Quotes by Derrick Henry

Lars Ulrich, he was my hero growing up. I wanted to be like him. I played the drums.

Quotes by Derek Cianfrance

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

Quotes by Derek Drouin

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

Quotes by Dennis Ritchie

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Quotes by Denzel Washington

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

Quotes by Denise Van Outen

Growing up, I didn't have a lot and always wanted things. But I was too prideful to ask for anything; I always worked for it.

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

Quotes by Debra Wilson

Growing up, John Terry was my obvious idol. I based my whole game on him.

Quotes by Declan Rice

Growing up, I was very aware that there weren't many people like me on the screen.

Quotes by Dee Rees

When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.

Quotes by Deepak Chopra

The thing is, what most people don't understand is that there are so many of us growing up in Europe who are not free to be ourselves. We're not allowed to be who we are. We are not free to marry or to be in relationships with people that we choose. We can't even pick our own career. This is the norm in the Muslim heartlands of Europe.

Quotes by Deeyah Khan

I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.

Quotes by Debi Mazar

I sang in the choir growing up and more recently served on the worship team at my church in California.

Quotes by Deborah Joy Winans

Growing up, I was a parks and recs kid.

Quotes by DeAndre Jordan

I never listened to country music growing up.

Quotes by Deana Carter

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

Quotes by David Suchet

The motivations for using drugs, often it's pretty obvious and common: you know, peer pressure. You know, kids are struggling growing up.

Quotes by David Sheff

Home wasn't a pleasant place to live, growing up.

Quotes by David Morse

As a young Scottish footballer growing up - I always used to follow Scotland and watch the games - Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, and Joe Jordan were players I looked up to.

Quotes by David Moyes

When I was growing up, it was not the heyday of the western.

Quotes by David Milch

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

Quotes by David Guterson

When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those were my main men.

Quotes by David Bryan

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar.

Quotes by David Cassidy

Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.

Quotes by David Blaine

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

Quotes by David Beckham

I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

Quotes by David Benioff

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