Felicity Kendal Quotes

Because I had my family, I felt like I could be a bird and fly and experience and do. Because I had roots somewhere, I knew that they would love me no matter what, and I could always go back home and they were going to love me.

They've lived here now for more than half of their lives, and they raised a family here and now have grandchildren here... It has become their home, but at the same time, for my parents, I don't think either of them will ever consciously think, 'I am an American.'

Being an immigrant myself, but feeling very American, and also being the child of immigrants, I understand the feeling of wanting a home.

No matter where I go, I want to carry my family.

When people ask me where I'm from, I say I'm from the Sudan. But when they ask what my hometown is, I say London. It's where I lived, and it's where my whole family lived.

Maria is the best reason to come home.

I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong.

I love my nice things, but I'm still the Welsh family girl.

I cannot live anywhere else except India.

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

Although I was always very happy in Britain, I never stopped thinking of America as home, in the fundamental sense of the term. It was where I came from, what I really understood, the base against which all else was measured.

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

I want to clear this once and for all. I was born in Hong Kong. I grew up in Japan and China. London is not home for me. I was there only for three years before I moved to India, but that's probably why I am connected with it. London is definitely not the place I consider my home. It's India that I consider home.

I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left.

Home is where my family is.

Home is where my mom is.

I could feel it in my bones, how I missed the heat of my country and the love of my family.

For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.

I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.

I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are.

I guess, like most foreigners, when you're away, you see your own culture being even more strange. But where I come from and my roots mean a lot. I miss my family and my friends. Something I've realized as I've been traveling is that it's more about the actual people than the actual place.

Of course, our roots are in Germany, it always will be the feeling of home.

Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or Germany and Canada with my friends.

I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.