Quotes About Childhood

Animals are the traditional circus. It's what people remember from their childhood.

I'm shocked to be saying this, but as a child, I never went to a circus. It cost too much.

I was a child coming up in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement.

When I was a kid, my favorite superhero was Robin Hood.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

I've always loved movies and animation. When I was little, I was always pretending to be some alter ego superhero. For years it was Ultraman, ninjas, Spiderman and other cool super heroes.

Since childhood, I wanted to become a superhero. When I do anything in real life, I believe that I am a superhero, like in the way I fight, dance, or jump.

Being a superhero was my biggest childhood dream, but for a long time, I was thinking that a perfect role for me in the Marvel Universe is Sergei Kravinoff, a.k.a. Kraven the Hunter.

I was huge fan of most of the animated series growing up in the golden era of '90s superhero animation. I didn't care who was producing - it was much more about the specific heroes that I connected with.

You know when you have a party as a kid, and your mom hires a fairy, princess, or superhero to come host the party? I was Fairy Lavender. I loved it. It was good training for theater.

I think - since I was about 7 years old - that was when I was first introduced to the comics called 'Amar Chitra Katha' that are published in India. They're not about a superhero, but they encompass all the stories of India, the folklore, the mythology, everything. But most of these stories are about Indian historical figures.

I loved superhero movies growing up.

I used to go with my father to buy phooljharis and chakris and there used to be Sabu' crackers in the market back then. Since Sabu was my favorite superhero, I would buy Sabu crackers just to collect the wrappers.

I grew up in the 1970s. It was a super open-minded time. I was taught through my parents and TV that everything was possible. You'd see cartoons where superheroes would fly. I always wanted to do these things.

I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease in not growing up.

I was always a fan of Spider-Man and most superheroes. There aren't a whole lot of little boys out there that aren't.

The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously.

When I was growing up, all these superheroes were white. On some level, you put that out of your mind... but as you get older, you realize it's a very one-sided affair. So I'm very glad to see that these movies are becoming more diversified.

I'm a big fan of superheroes and fantasy and sci-fi. I have been since I was a child.

Well, 'aerospace' was really not a name in my young life. Flying airplanes was. And I got my first try at flying - just pure flying - by flying my 'Superman' cape off my daddy's barn when I was about 5 years old.

Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.

When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.