Quotes About Background

I had a bad background just growing up as a child.

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

I had a very modest upbringing.

I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could.

My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and upbringing was very much a mix.

I come from a very good family and my upbringing was good, everyone knows that.

I've been very lucky - I don't come from a privileged upbringing.

I had a good upbringing.

I would describe myself as having a healthy income, but I sure wouldn't describe the son of a postmaster and an encyclopedia saleswoman as upper class, by any stretch of the imagination. I would describe myself as decidedly middle class. I think I'm extremely fortunate.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

I grew up upper middle class.

Given this voice, I know it does sound like I've come from money. But my dad was Canadian and my mum Hungarian, so it's not like I have some high-society, upper-class English background.

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.

I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship with her, we both came from an extensive theater background.

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.

My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us in the photos in the background. It was almost the beginning of acting for me, like, 'Hey, you go over there and play basketball in the background, and don't even think about the camera.'

I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.

I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.

I'm from a rural town outside of Stockholm, so in coming to L.A., I've been able to not think that much about my background. It's much easier for me in this big town, this big bubble to isolate myself from that and be a little more self-confident. I'm here to do my take on soul.

I'm not a one-hit wonder. When you look at my background, I think I've been successful at all stops along the way. I know the kind of responsibility it takes to be a head football coach.

I feel the car, but I think with me and my background of dirt racing and stuff and not having pit stops, you just kind of 'All right, this is how my car is handling, I've got to figure out how to drive it' and then you get a feel of how you want it to feel.