Expatriate Lifestyle Quotes

I see myself raising my children in Europe, probably in Paris.

When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.

I grew up in New York City and in London.

A lot of people are trying to get out of their home country and think 'making it' is if you're able to work in another. For me... I'd be quite content to keep doing my own little films down there for the rest of my filmmaking career.

My parents always instilled in me to be a citizen of the world, so that's why I've taken to traveling and why it's such a huge part of my life.

I moved to Oklahoma to learn English when I was 16 years old from Colombia for six months; then I moved to New York.

Yes, I always imagined living in other places.

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.

Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

I learned a lot in Spain.

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year.

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.

I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

My father is Spanish, and he went to Venezuela looking for a job. He was 20 something, and he fell in love with a Venezuelan girl. He owns a company there, producing iron and bronze.

I packed my bags and I moved to Bangkok, Thailand. I spent a year there like completely isolated, no Wi-Fi.

I had plenty of opportunities before I went to Spain to stay in England, and I had made a decision that I would go and work in Spain.

I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before I was 14, and I learnt to like abroad. I'm not scared of change.

It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home.

I'm like a gypsy. I've got a place in Beijing, a place in New York, a place in west Africa; I'm working on a place in Colombia. I like the fact that painting is portable - and I've wanted my entire life to be able to see the world, to respond to it, and make that my life's work.

Spending years between America and Israel, I have gained a global view, and the planet is my home.

I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.

I have amazing memories of being able to travel and being able to have family all over the world.

The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to live there - the same with London.