Quotes About Upbringing

My father never raised his voice or his hand on me when I was a kid.

I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled.

I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.

The credit of my good upbringing goes to my mother, who's not only been a single parent to my brother and I, but she's also been 'our' manager for the longest time. Our father, on the other hand, remained elusive and away from the family for most part of our lives, which left a certain void but also made us creative and reflective.

I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome.

My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me.

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

I was sucked into this vortex of a very conservative upbringing.

The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I'm from, which is a middle-class place. So that informs everything about me, my politics and all that stuff. I mean, politically, I vote against my own self-interest at every election. I actively ask these people to raise my taxes.

I was raised in the '90s. I love 'Seinfeld.'

My mother tried her best to give us a sense of self-esteem.

My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.

Both of my parents have great senses of humor.

I'm proud of my middle-class background because that's how I've grown up. I have my values and sensibilities.

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

My brother and I were separated when I was a child; we went with different parents.

I grew up around so much new agey stuff. Part of me takes it lightly because I'm so used to it. It was my parents. It wasn't some path I discovered and want to share with people. It's just been a very natural part of my life. There's humor to it and there's seriousness to it, too.

I grew up in the Seventies; my dad is an aeronautical engineer and my mum was an English and arts teacher and for a while my family had to exist on one salary.

My parents were truly severe.

My family has always made clothes. Growing up I can remember sewing machines being everywhere.

If you grow up poor, I'm not sure you ever shake that off.

I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up.

My childhood shaped the person I became. It was artistic, musical and left-wing.

My values are in my DNA and were shaped by my environment.