I'm the product of my parents' dreams and aspirations.
When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior.
We're all products of our own environment.
Well, for me, I grew up very Southern Baptist, and I definitely lived in my bubble. You know, I lived in my bubble that was in my church.
Just as a man's denominational orientation is the result of upbringing, and only the religious need as such slumbers in his soul, the political opinion of the masses represents nothing but the final result of an incredibly tenacious and thorough manipulation of their mind and soul.
I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth.
I would say my relationship with my father has had a bigger impact on me than I knew. Even with the things that I love, the things that I am attracted to. A lot of it stems from the things that I've seen in my life as a child.
I'm from a family of six men, so I'm bound to be physical.
I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and not being an actor's son. I never knew whether it was good or bad.
I don't think I was a monstrous child. I don't think I was ever allowed to be.
If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.
I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum.
Kids who grow up in radically different environments are always going to have different comfort levels with regard to a topic. If you don't live near a train track, it's hard to squash a penny that way, and if you live in an apartment in New York City, it may be difficult to get to drive a car.
The system you're brought up under tries to make you like the people that succeeded in that system.
My mother, she didn't believe in praise. She'd never say anything was great. I think that's quite Northern, to not make people feel too good. I didn't mind if she was proud of me or not, it didn't bother me. I was never trying to please her.
A person's current personality of love, hatred, jealousy, rage or a murderous intent and so on is formed upon genetic elements, education, the environment and a family a person grows in.
If my dad was alive, I wouldn't have gone to boarding school, and I wouldn't have had the success I've had.
I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.
I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
All of us are products of our childhood.
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
I grew up with a lot of compassion and empathy. I notice when I meet other friends of mine that were raised Christian sometimes we have similar model of sensitivity, whether to our advantage or disadvantage.
