Sam Trammell Quotes

I love bayou life.

Louisiana was as close to South Asia as the United States could get: it had spicy food, humidity, giant cockroaches, and a corrupt government.

I love Louisiana, and I love being from there.

When it comes to the southern states, I used to actually live in Louisiana for a year.

I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.

Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.

I grew up in Louisiana - a little suburb right outside of New Orleans - and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Louisiana has got a very specific warmth and humidity and richness of light.

I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.

People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.

I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'boys.

If any of you have ever lived down south of the Mason-Dixon line, you know that late September still means summer heat.

I'm from New Orleans, and I know that people do like to sit and talk and drink and, you know, have conversation; you have dialogue.

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.

I grew up in Mobile, Alabama - somebody's got to be from Mobile, right? - and Mobile sits at the confluence of five rivers, forming this beautiful delta. And the delta has alligators crawling in and out of rivers filled with fish and cypress trees dripping with snakes, birds of every flavor.

I have a deep affinity for New Orleans - its like a second home to me - they treat me like I'm their own.

I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.

I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana. It's not a black-and-white type of thing down there. It's a very cultural place. Everybody has the same accent. It's not like if you're white we can't hang with you or anything like that. So it's easy for us to call each other out on our things.

New Orleans is gumbo. You get so man types of things... jazz, folk, Zydeco.

It's just the vibe I got when I landed in New Orleans. The culture is absolutely different. It's so dangerous, I tell you, I fly in and I fly out of town. That's how scared I am. And this is where I came from.

The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.

I'm not from New Orleans, never knew anything about New Orleans.

I'm home in New Orleans!

Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once." “How nice for you. I myself have never attended.” Ludwig paused, the smile frozen on his face, wondering how to steer the conversation onto a more pertinent topic.