Quotes About Background

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

I am a Republican because of my military background, my pro-life beliefs, my support for the Second Amendment, and my belief that government should not grow excessively.

Engineering producers who don't play and have technology as a background may be the reason why there's a lot of cold non-musical music, for lack of a better description.

It was an honour to be asked to do 'The Gift.' The producers took a risk asking me because, coming from a comedy background, I am not known for this kind of highly-charged, emotional show.

There's a misconception that actors with no background don't get any exposure from big production houses. I think people should start rethinking about it.

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?

I have way too shady a background to get into politics. I was a crazy kid - I was in bands, and I don't think I'd get very far before people started digging up stuff I didn't want them to see.

I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.

For sure I think the traditional martial arts is a good background to have and definitely allows me to do a lot different things inside the cage. My wrestling background definitely helps me out a lot, but I don't think either one led directly to MMA.

People have asked me whether I have a science background. No, but I have a great curiosity about the kinds of things we do on 'Discover.'

I have a really diverse family and have a diverse background in music.

I have never made it a secret that my background and expertise is in fashion, not pageantry.

Just based on my own family and background, I would not be in a film that would exploit or sensationalize anyone.

I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.

My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.

With anybody we're looking to draft, we do an extensive amount of work on their background, history and all that.

I don't think a lot of the younger players know the extent of my background.

Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.

This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.

I studied English in college and approached filmmaking from a writing background while trying to learn as much as I could about the technical side of things by making shorts and a webseries.

What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in the military with some kind of technical background.

You can't compare my background to the Gracies', not only in technique, but in terms of business and marketing.