Barry Keoghan Quotes

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.

I had a pursuit different from others because they all came from downtown areas with money, but I didn't have any. All I wanted is to change my destiny with my own efforts.

I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.

I've been able to reach from the streets to the suites.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.

A little bit about my family: We didn't really come from much, and we didn't take family trips to California, so my first trip to California was actually my first day of school.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

As a Southerner and as a Mormon you approach life in this aspirational way: 'I will rise above my station.'

I wanted to prove to people it doesn't matter if you come from a small little island: that you can make it in this industry.

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.

England is still a place where a naughty boy who comes from nothing can live his dream.

I was raised on an estate in an inner city school where people had a go about my size, people saying I am too big to play football - which still happens today - and I used that to inspire me.

I think it's important to inspire other people to try and do things that people discourage you to do.

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.

My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a coal-miner's son should go to drama school.

I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later.

I really feel like becoming a director came from other women saying, 'Yeah, you can do this.' I wanted to direct 'Six Feet Under,' and no, they didn't let me.

I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.