Quotes About Background

I was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background.

I went to a liberal arts college, and as part of my background, I was majoring in mathematics and physics.

The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' album.

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.

Music is made to be listened to, so you immediately have an issue where you're playing it in the background like wallpaper. Music doesn't want to behave like that.

I grew up in a commissioned house in the next suburb over, Mount Abbot. It was a two-bedroom house with me, my brother, and my two sisters. Mum and Dad slept in the lounge, and we didn't have wallpaper.

Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people listen to Beethoven as though it was background and a comfort, and I think that is very dangerous.

I really wanna do a Spanish album. I have that Latin culture background. It's a part of me. I'm not the best Spanish speaker, but I have a longing to connect with that. I just think how supportive the Latin community has been, even during 'Idol.' I'd like to give back with something like that.

Up until the point that you're a citizen, we wanna continue to make sure we understand who you are and why you're here.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

We tend to become social core groups, whatever our similar interest and background where we came through. It tends to be a filter through which people see themselves. It can be all different ethnicities. They can see themselves as San Franciscans, or Warriors fans. You want to build a tribe of viral advocates for that team.

My family has big business background, and I like to stay busy, too.

My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish.

Remember where you came from.

Many times, we athletes have a camera in front of us and in many cases a lot of people with that same background or history do not have that opportunity.

When people walk into our casting room, we do think about what you do outside of being an actor.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

I'm that dude from the ad about background checks where I put a rifle together blindfolded.

It was quite a macho world I grew up in, but it was always cheeky and funny, and the women were the ones in the background that were really in control.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

Nobody chooses where they're born. And, of course, I would know.

I don't respect anyone who has a background on the independent circuit.

On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming Superman's personality and, in some ways, drawing on my own background.