Will Poulter Quotes

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

I realize I am very privileged. But there's a difference between being spoiled and privileged.

I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of.

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.

There was a perception that I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I can't deny that I've had a privileged upbringing. I've been really fortunate regarding how I entered this world, not just financially, but in that I have really great parents who show me a lot of love.

People who are privileged can take more risks because of that safety shield that privilege provides.

The Trudie Styler that is spoken of is extremely privileged in life and feels that privilege.

Because of how I grew up and on 'Made In Chelsea,' I never had any challenge.

I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities.

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a factor in my life: by the grace of God, I was blessed with a golden spoon.

I wouldn't say I grew up with a silver spoon. Yeah, I was very fortunate. I have a great family.

My mom was a model. She met my dad when he was building the Ritz-Carlton in Colorado and she was modeling there. Although we were very blessed, my parents never wanted us to believe we didn't have to work. They didn't want us to think that our situation would get us through life.

When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

There's a huge dichotomy between people who grow up with alienation, which, for me, was invaluable, and people who grow up so completely privileged that it breeds this complacency and lack of desire to question or challenge or do anything significant. Those are the types of people who become partners at the corporate law firms.

I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.