I’m a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries – Slovakia and the Czech Republic – put them together as one. – Jesse Ventura
When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents. – Angelina Jolie
Growing up in eastern Germany, I knew of Superman, but he didn’t resonate emotionally with me. – Antje Traue
To me, the thing about anime is that it’s so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see ‘Akira’ there with the little ‘Not for Kids’ sticker on it. That always made an impact on me. – Adam Wingard
I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light. – Bebe Rexha
I don’t think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn’t a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn’t an entry point. – J. D. Souther
There are things about growing up in a small town that you can’t necessarily quantify. – Brandon Routh
Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids. – Camila Alves
But I stuttered as a kid. I went to classes to help it, and it just went away around fourth grade, when I became more aware of how others spoke, I think. But also, growing up in the South, a mumble is a way of speaking. – Channing Tatum
Certainly I’ll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I’ve gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them. – Bill Gates
Growing up, I wasn’t an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater. – Bobby Cannavale
I’m glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn’t fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go. – Jessie J
You want to know what makes me tick, I’ll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called ‘The Hawk’s Nest.’ Nobody entered that nest that didn’t leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, ‘Isn’t that a wonderful thing.’ And that’s all there is to it. – Buddy Hackett
For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin’ down there and making that my stomping ground… That was a big thing, because I’m from Harlem, and downtown is more artsy and also more open-minded. So I got the best of both worlds. – ASAP Rocky
I know, I’m like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to. – Asafa Powell
I have to be careful, as I don’t want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn’t like growing up in London. Anything you were interested in, you’d be able to find someone also interested in it. In the Midlands, nobody came out as gay at my school at all. – Alice Lowe
As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn’t welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so. – Arabella Weir
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up. – Barbra Streisand
My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you’re growing up. – Anton Yelchin
Growing up, I really liked ‘Star Wars.’ Han Solo would’ve been really cool to meet. But my stuff was real low-brow. I was watching ‘Bugs Bunny.’ – Chris Evans
