Quotes About Nostalgia

The first time I went to Fenway Park was probably 1950. It was the early '50s, and it was my father taking me to the game.

When I was a kid, I was hugely impacted by 'Jurassic Park.' I think I was just the right age when that movie came out, and I remember running around my town like a Velociraptor.

You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically.

I am a musician by rights, and I played in Asbury Park in the old African Room in the Robert Trent Hotel next to the Albion. That was in the early '60s.

When I grew up, we went to Coney Island and Central Park. We'd find our way to the water and watch the fireworks.

I'm an actor because of movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'Jurassic Park.'

I'll never forget watching my dad perform in a Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Richard III' in New York.

I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.

I used to wake up before school when my mom was already at work. That's where I first heard a lot of music, like All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Linkin Park.

I would probably build somewhere between a half-mile and three-quarter-mile track. It would be sort of like Indianapolis Raceway Park. When I was a kid, that was my favorite track.

I feel like I lived my life in one of three places: at Indian Hill Park, at a Manasquan school or at the beach.

I still love going back to Celtic Park now, whether it's for Celtic or Scotland games, and seeing the atmosphere.

I am a big fan of 'E.T.,' of course. And I remember watching 'Jurassic Park' - I was so into it. Oh, and 'Schindler's List.' That one was amazing, too.

I wish I could've been friends with Charlie Parker and played with him. That's my period. I feel real close to the '40s - and actually, I was born in '37, so I was a kid singing on the radio in the '40s. But I always dreamed of going to big cities.

As a very small girl, I listened to Charlie Parker and loved him and Max Roach and people like that.

I would love to play an H Mart parking lot.

I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

When I got to Mumbai, I missed the Delhi parks and grounds.

When I was 5, 'American Bandstand' had a lot of good artists on there, man. That's when I really started falling in love with the jams: Gladys Knight & the Pips, Patti LaBelle, Bootsy Collins, Parliament.

I have grown up watching plays at Shivaji Mandir and used to participate in plays in school, too.

I fell in love with London and one particular era in London.

Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia, and I feel it's good to be aware of the politics of these genres.

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.

I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.