Upbringing Effect Quotes

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

My mom was always a fan of just really elegant, sophisticated pieces. I mean we grew up in Maine, so we didn't have a lot of call for black tie or anything, but I think I definitely got that sensibility from her.

I blame my parents for never introducing me to good music.

I never thought to myself, I'm going to grow up and fall in love with a man or I'm going to fall in love with a woman because my mother is a lesbian.

Growing up the way I did, being an actor in Hollywood was definitely never a plausible career choice at all.

I grew up with an abundance of things from our garden, so fried food was not enjoyable.

According as each has been educated, so he repents of or glories in his actions.

If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer.

My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. I've always known what is and isn't reality.

I didn't wake up one day and think, 'I'm not going to have children.' My mother was a housewife and brought up three children, so I just thought it would happen.

With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure that had a huge influence on me. However, my father had more influence on me just by the way he lived, because the way he was at the racetrack was the way he was in everyday life.

I don't snack a lot, because I didn't grow up snacking.

Although I grew up around movies, I don't know that I assumed I was going to be an actor.

I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.