AJ Lee Quotes

I had a really hard time growing up; we were a large family, and we didn't have much money at home.

I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.

My family were really poor.

I was poor my whole life.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.

I grew up poor.

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.

I was very poor when I was young.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

I grew up in a very large, poor family.

We weren't the most fortunate family growing up.

I didn't have money growing up.

In Brazil, I didn't have it easy growing up.

Growing up, we really didn't have a lot of money.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights.

I am open-eyed about what poverty does to people.

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

Like everyone, I am formed by my background, and mine was - well, we didn't have a lot of money. I didn't live in a cardboard box, but I did live in a place where, at the end of the week, the money was gone.