Quotes About Upbringing

When my mom and dad got married, they lived in south Boston, which is where the first six of my brothers were born. After that, they moved to Minnesota, which is where the other five of us were born. So there's 11 of us.

I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things.

We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect women, for instance. To respect yourself. That you respect your name. Those are the kind of things we were taught.

My mom and dad taught me a lot. They kept me out of trouble and told me to go a better route. They taught me how to be a man, basically.

Brad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be a part of Mommy and Daddy's life and for it not to be kept from them, either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.

Remember that disadvantage is less about income than environment. The best metrics of child poverty aren't monetary, but rather how often a child is read to or hugged.

I read somewhere that your voice towards your children becomes their inner monologue. That was so interesting to me, and I think that pertains to 'Better Things' as well.

I grew up in Montana and played football my whole life.

The opportunity I had growing up in Montana isn't the opportunities for a whole lot of people.

I grew up listening to Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, guys with blues backgrounds.

I grew up a Montreal Canadiens fan.

I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.

I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country.

The morality we all grew up with and are accustomed to is what feels right.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

I always try to have my mother's voice in my head, because I am very proud of the morals that she tried to instill in us.

I have a strong head on my shoulders... I've always been grounded. People would think not because of who I am, but I've always been raised with that sense of morals from my dad and my mother.

I'm lucky; I've been raised with the right morals.

I've always tried to keep my family and how I was raised and my morals in the back of my head.

My family have shaped my politics more than anything else.

I grew up quite poor, and the Mormon church was always there for us as a family.

I grew up in the Mormon Church and I have a very strange relationship with that.

I grew up as a Mormon.

I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.