Gerry Cooney Quotes

I was born in Rocky Mount, NC. The town of 24,000 proved a great place to spend the first 17 years of life. But, after that, onward, outward.

I was a girl from Massapequa, New York. I grew up in Massapequa. I lived in a basement with one window.

'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.

And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or telltale.

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

When I was a kid, we didn't really leave Cambridge, which was the town where I grew up in.

If you grow up in a place, and you're small, even if the place is itself also small, it's huge to you. It's what's out there: it's the world outside of your door.

London's where I grew up and had most of my experiences.

'What if this funny-looking youngster from Missouri is talented after all?' I think it was a nice place to grow up, but I'm glad I don't live there anymore.

For me, growing up felt like a roller coaster ride at times, but looking back, I don't think that it was such a bad thing. It was all part of the excitement of being young.

I was at the crossroads of my life when I was 7 years old.

I grew up in Connecticut - it was really charming, but when I was younger, all I wanted was to get out.

Everything was based on my life and the way I grew up. Some of the bits I'm most proud of in 'Haters Back Off' actually happened.

I'd been writing my own coming-of-age story, and I got to take a lot of that energy and a lot of those moments and themes that I wanted to explore in a much smaller film and then apply them to 'Spider-Man: Homecoming.'

I felt like a typical kid growing up, and Lawnside is a nice town with a huge historical significance.

Someday, I'll write a book about what I've been through.

I will surely pen my autobiography.

It's taken me a long time to own the early part of my life.

People will say, 'What's your favorite part of Cincinnati?' I'm like, 'I was nine, man. I liked recess and having snacks. I didn't go anywhere. I was a kid.'

My music is about all these things that happen to you while growing up in search for some kind of truth.

We just write about the stuff that happens to us.

My journey to working on loneliness was certainly not an expected one or planned one.

Eventually, I started writing down a bunch of titles that related to childhood themes and would pair it with an adult situation that either I was going through or someone else in my life was going through.

Obviously I went through my adolescence on national TV, but it's great looking back.

'Karwaan' was meant for me.