I love ‘The Stand;’ I read it when I was a kid – it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he’s a remarkable writer. – David Yates
We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it’s ‘China Beach,’ ‘The West Wing,’ or ‘E.R.’ – Michael Cudlitz
When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn’t take your business elsewhere. – Dan Harmon
Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself. – Manika
We didn’t have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. I’m very familiar with the shifting culture there. – F. Gary Gray
Growing up, I wasn’t sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry. – Daniella Alonso
I always loved comic books when I was growing up, and Spider-Man was definitely a character I gravitated towards because I loved the story of an average teenager having super powers. – Drake Bell
Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental. – Grace Jones
I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn’t exist there. – Finn Wittrock
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird ’cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was. – Dee Dee Ramone
I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me. – Damian Lewis
Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically. – Ed Sheeran
I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever. – Ed Smith
When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger. – Michelle Trachtenberg
I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It’s always been about the enjoyment, and I’ve just never wanted to imitate anyone. – Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness – self-consciousness about one’s education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options. – E. L. Konigsburg
It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the ’60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar. – David Cassidy
When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I’d have a milkshake with an egg in it. Growing up, I ate, like, five different foods. I was not an adventurous eater. But as soon as I left home, that all changed and from that point on, I’ve been a pretty enthusiastic eater of new and strange food. – Mary Roach
Devo and The Cramps didn’t get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn’t get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn’t even a place to play – just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland. – Dan Auerbach
Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I’m all about doing every genre. – Meghan Trainor
I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let’s put it that way. I didn’t take pleasure in hard work. – Matt Taibbi
When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I’ve always felt a little uncomfortable around people. – Donald Ray Pollock
Growing up, I didn’t have a lot and always wanted things. But I was too prideful to ask for anything; I always worked for it. – DeMar DeRozan
