Quotes About Childhood

I grew up in the U.K., and my parents are both doctors.

Growing up, I always wanted a dog, but my parents never wanted one.

I grew up; I had a couple of dogs.

My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my father playing Torvald.

I used to love playing paper dolls with my mother - she would cut them out and I would dress the dolls.

Parenthetically, I have to say, I don't particularly like dolls, nor have I ever liked them.

I was totally all about the American Girl dolls when I was little - I had so many.

I think that the child in me is ever dominant, but that doesn't make me less of a woman.

It takes several doses of any veg before children like it, but once they do they'll like it for life. You wouldn't give up on a child who didn't want to learn to read. Learning to eat is every bit as important.

I was part of a generation where kids had a lot of freedom and aimless downtime. I had no scheduled after-school activities. As long as you came home for dinner, everything was fine.

I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another.

If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.

Most of the books I remember from my childhood were Dr. Seuss-type books. They were fun to read, but there wasn't a real story behind them.

I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a child, a director of family dramas for television.

I was always very dramatic - my family would probably use the word 'dramatic' - as a child; always putting on performances, making everyone come watch, and pay to watch. I was very business-savvy as a child.

Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.

I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.

As a child, I copied Duerer drawings and Bruegel.

I'd become the little surfer in my childhood drawings.

I dreamed of growing up and becoming a zookeeper.

I'd love to fight in Japan. I always dreamed about this when I was a kid and started watching PRIDE, so I would love to fight there.

I always dreamt of being a Tollywood actress since childhood.

I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y.