Quotes About Upbringing

I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.

I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

To support my brothers and me, my mother got a job so menial that we never discussed it.

I'd never disrespect women. I have been brought up to treat women with courtesy and dignity.

I've grown up in a very diverse background.

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

My dad never explained anything growing up.

As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home where there were a lot of rules. I didn't have 'yes' parents.

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

I grew up one of three girls, and none of them were into comic books, so I wasn't exposed to that world.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.

I grew up in a small, rural community, where my extended family were mountain-folk type people, and some were very religious.

Kids are an extension of you and it is important to raise them well.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in extra money. My parents worked hard and were able to save up and buy a home for our family.

Growing up, there was a lot of pressure to live up to certain expectations and money as if I was rich and stuff. It was a bit of a facade.

My father worked in a tyre factory. My mother worked as a teacher.

I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.

I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love.

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.