There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality.
Growing up in the Midwest, people don't drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn't occur to you because it's not what you relate to.
I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold.
At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.
I'm a normal kid from Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
I feel very Midwestern at my core.
The true America is the Middle West, and Columbus discovered nothing at all except another Europe.
I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am.
I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern - small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a beagle.
My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born.
To me, I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and my identity is of a suburban Chicago person. It's not like, 'Oh, I'm Indian.' I'm not. I'm American.
If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.
Chicago - it's the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.
I pride myself on being down-to-earth. I’m from the Midwest. People who go into show business are screwed up. I romanticized about having a serene life.
I love so many cheeses. I like them hard and soft. I like cream cheese; I like cottage cheese... I'm a true Midwesterner.
I'm from Indiana. I know what you're thinking, Indiana... Mafia. But in Indiana it's not like New York where everyone's like, 'We're from New York and we're the best' or 'We're from Texas and we like things big' it's more like 'We're from Indiana and we're gonna move.'
There are two sides to me. One is the writer. That's a savage person who looks at everything as a story and, you know, wants to use real life in his books. The other part is the Midwesterner, who, you know, wants to say nice things about people and be polite.
Midwestern Jews is a different community, is a different thing than New York Jews, L.A. Jews. It's just different. It's the whole Midwestern thing.
I'm a Midwesterner.
I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird - growing up in Indiana, I wanted to get out, and now I completely romanticize Indiana. It just seems like there's a greater focus on family back there, which I suppose is something that kind of stayed with me.
You know, I'm from the Midwest, man - that shapes my personality much more than having gone to Harvard.
Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.
When I'm back home in Chicago, since 'Roseanne' was such a Midwestern, blue-collar show, that's what sticks out in people's minds.
You can take the boy out of the Midwest, but you can't take the Midwest out of the boy.
I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.
