Chris O'Dowd Quotes

We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally.

I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.

I love L.A., but Pittsburgh just is home. This is what I know. This is where I was born and raised. This is what molded me to make me who I am.

Although I was born in New York, I moved to Baltimore when I was young. And I like to say New York birthed me, but Baltimore raised me. A big part of my heart was always in Baltimore.

Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and then Meadowbrook Middle School. I learned to dance at Meadowbrook Country Club. All those things grounded me in one place and I think most of Fort Worth is just like the area I grew up in.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with. Wherever I go, La Castellane is where I want to go back to.

I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.

Your home town is not where you are from. It is what you are.

London is where I grew up, and I know it better than any other place.

It's really hard to escape where you were brought up. Not that I would ever want to escape it.

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

Cruces is like my town, where I grew up, where my heart is... All the teachers and coaches and people who have really influenced my life are from there.

I was born there and I grew up in East L.A., not Hollywood.

The Harbor Area is everything - Carson, Wilmington, San Pedro, Long Beach, that whole little bubble that I grew up in. I always throw it up after I finish fighting, I always throw up the Harbor Area. Out of pride. It made me who I am. It brought me my goods; it brought me my bads. It molded me into who I am.

I do love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way.

For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton.

I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.

London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.

L.A. just doesn't seem real to me. Chicago does. My real friends are there. It's home.

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.