My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body. – Gigi Hadid
My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am. – Gene Luen Yang
Back when I was growing up, getting caught with a copy of ‘Creepy,’ ‘Eerie’ or ‘Vampirella’ was almost as bad as your parents finding out you were reading ‘Playboy.’ – Nancy A. Collins
I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at. – Madhuri Dixit
I watched a ton of cartoons growing up, but I don’t remember specifically what networks they were on, I’ll be honest. But I did like cartoons as a kid. – Maulik Pancholy
I’ve always felt this, from when I was growing up to now with my son Riley. We don’t let them be little. I was not a normal kid, but I had a sense of innocence far longer than we let kids. – Melissa Peterman
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. – Phyllis Diller
‘Slumdog’ was my first movie, and I had never been to India before – I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum? – Dev Patel
My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn’t really as colourful that. – Peter Capaldi
Growing up in a band is weird – you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don’t have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you’ve got ideas, you can do this. – Dave Gahan
Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics. – Gene Luen Yang
We’re all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we’re growing up. – Geri Halliwell
I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat. – Erin Wasson
The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps. – Maggie Stiefvater
Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything… I’d come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs. – Mallory Jansen
I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food. – Debi Mazar
There was a computer in our garage when I was growing up, and I’d go out there in winter and wrap myself in a blanket and write a story. – Eleanor Catton
When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood – and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii. – Dwayne Johnson
Growing up, I was on film sets occasionally, when my dad was acting, so I got to run around and do odd jobs on films like ‘Labyrinth’ and others… I seemed destined to make films. – Duncan Jones
When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time. – Darius Rucker
I’m not sure why I still think of myself as 28 – maybe that’s the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore. – Naomi Watts
I didn’t grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast. – Debby Ryan
I have fond memories from growing up in Switzerland and drinking a glass of warm milk with a spoonful of honey before bed. – Daniel Humm
Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude’s for the magnificent work they do. – Ginnifer Goodwin
