Mena Massoud Quotes

My father was born in Denmark. He came to this country when he was 12 years old.

I was born in Peru, and we moved to Scotland when I was 15, but I've not lived here for a long time. But I would always say that I am Scottish, and Scotland is as close to a home as I have.

My father and mother emigrated to Canada in 1958, but there's nobody more English than an Englishman who no longer lives in England, and our home was a shrine to all things English.

I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.

My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.

I became more interested in the idea of being an immigrant and particularly of being in a country you're not familiar with. And so I began reading migrants' stories. The fact that my father is Chinese - he emigrated from Malaysia when he was about 20 - may have had some bearing on my attraction to the subject.

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.

I'm child of immigrants.

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

My parents moved to San Francisco from India when I was a year old.

I was born in India, and - I was born in Chennai - South Indian. And my parents moved to the U.S. when I was about 8 or 9 years old.

Even though I moved to Florida, I'm still Polish.

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

I was a redhead when I first came to America.

All my life is in Spain. I will stay.

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

In general, I have felt more at home in the U.S. than I ever felt in England.

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

When I was in the U.S. for 'Swimming Pool,' people had asked me, 'So are you going to settle down in Hollywood?' And I said, 'No, I'm French! I am living in France. I am not going to be American.'

I've been to New York a lot. I grew up in London but I'm from Chile originally.

I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

My parents were immigrants.

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.