I used to have this fantasy when I was growing up where Princess Leia would be in the slave Leia costume and she would be in a vat of Breyer’s ice cream. A recurring dream where I would eat my way to her. – Dan Fogler
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I grew up around a lot of Jews. I grew up culturally Jewish, ethnically Jewish, but without real belief and without a strong faith. – David Gregory
If a dad does his job, we don’t need prisons, we don’t need jails. That’s what I saw growing up. – Mike Singletary
Lars Ulrich, he was my hero growing up. I wanted to be like him. I played the drums. – Derek Cianfrance
I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman. – Eugene Jarecki
I’m not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I’m just growing up a little bit, I guess. – Denise Van Outen
I come from a big family of storytellers and, growing up, I liked hearing about the years before I was born. – Molly Antopol
One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I’m from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl. – Naturi Naughton
I’m 48, and I have been in love with vampires since I was six. I was born in 1962, so I’ve been through three or four waves of vampires. When I was growing up, we had vampire shows and movies. We were still dealing with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and the old Christopher Lee vampires. – Denis O’Hare
When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician. – George Papandreou
I wasn’t able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen. – Ellen Wong
Growing up in a cold place, in Southern Ontario, Woolrich was a brand of choice for us because it was always warm and comfortable. The parka with the fur on it was standard fare for us. It’s extraordinary that they have kept up with the times. Beyond the parka, they have changed, and they have some pretty hip, cool items which I wear. – Douglas Kirkland
Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play. – Ezekiel Elliott
When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching… It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters. – Geoffrey Canada
Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys’ choir at the local Episcopal church. But I got the clear message that I was supposed to learn music there, and not pay too much attention to the rest of it, and I followed those instructions very carefully. – Francis Collins
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel. – Colson Whitehead
When I was growing up, I’d be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I’d sing in the church. – Enya
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going. – P. J. O’Rourke
Growing up, I used to go to an inlet to lay out and try to meet all the surfer guys. – Charlotte McKinney
When I was growing up, I just wanted to be somewhere else. I didn’t like living in Knockemstiff, and I figured when I got older, I’d move off to some big city. – Donald Ray Pollock
My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that’s all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn’t Mama. Now I’ve bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them. – Dolly Parton
I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It’s what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink. – Dwayne Johnson
So many of the fantasy stories I encountered growing up were set in worlds that were largely modelled on medieval Europe in one way or another. Lots of white folks in feudal societies, castles and kings, that kind of thing. – Chris Roberson
