Quotes About Upbringing

I did grow up reading the 'Twilight' books. I feel guilty, but I was always Team Edward.

My dad grew up with straight-up no running water. He slept in a twin bed with his two sisters and his mom, like 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' style: like, feet at the head, feet at the head alternating. And then I think his dad slept on, like, a bed of newspapers on a floor in their apartment.

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.

My mum, Jennie Buckman, was a north London Jew who, with my dad, proudly chose to raise me and my two brothers in Hackney.

My brother and I have converted to Christianity, and my other brother and sister are still Sikh. So for me, it's not something that I ever want to be judgmental on. I know my parents are two people of a very strong faith. I respect all that they've done in raising their four kids and in the opportunities that they've given us.

We have really good parents, and even though they broke up when we were little, we were still raised by two people who had really good ethics. They were never going to let us turn into Paris Hilton. I think that it wasn't really an option to become spoiled brats.

I was born to two people who helped me imbibe feelings of nationhood in my heart and love for the country.

I grew up watching 'The Jeffersons' and 'Good Times' as much as I watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'All in the Family.'

Growing up in my household with seven women, I'd hear all types of music.

I think, growing up in a small town - I grew up in a lot of different places. I grew up in a city environment, a more suburban environment, a more rural environment. That's the beauty of New Jersey is you get a lot of different types of living.

I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's one of the most diverse cities in the country. Just from the different socio-economic statuses and racial and ethnic groups I was around, I was around all different types of music from the beginning.

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

My grandfather played a big part in raising me, and he taught me how to be a gentleman. Since he first told me those types of things when I was 13 years old, I've taken all those types of lessons from him to heart. I'd like to keep that with me.

I wish that all different types of people of all races and all upbringings were all equally represented in this industry that influences so many people.

I guess you could say, I'm just a typical Methodist kid at heart.

My background is not typical of a lawyer or a DPP. My dad was a toolmaker before he retired, so he worked in a factory all his life.

My mom was a big feminist, and when I was growing up, I wasn't allowed to have typical girl toys: she did not let me have dolls. Barbies were banned in our household. She read feminist books to me; my mom was a major feminist.

I come from a typical family.

I've been on my grandfather's boat, Calypso, twice in my life. My mother raised me in a pretty typical middle-class life.

I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American childhood life.

I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.

I am a typical Telugu boy dominated by all the qualities of a Hyderabadi because I was born and brought up here.

I grew up in the Netherlands, in a small little town. Just a typical Dutch girl.

I don't have maybe the typical fighter story of having to grow up rough. I grew up great.