I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.
‐‐ Tatiana Maslany
I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother.
‐‐ Siobhan Fallon Hogan
I grew up in central Florida in the nineteen-sixties, barefoot half the time and running around the orange groves where my father worked. I remember flocks of white birds that would lift from the backs of cattle, disturbed by the jackhammers and bulldozers clearing land for Walt Disney World.
‐‐ Anne Hull
I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker.
‐‐ Matt McGorry
I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.
‐‐ Dwyane Wade
I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!
‐‐ David Hasselhoff
I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.
‐‐ Kathy Griffin
I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.'
‐‐ Keke Palmer
I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
‐‐ Lamorne Morris
I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.
‐‐ Gina Rodriguez
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.
‐‐ Kyle Chandler
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!
‐‐ Kyle Chandler
I grew up in Chillum Heights in the Washington, D.C. area., and it was never a garden spot. When guys go, 'Hey, when I grew up, my neighborhood was tough, and it was this and that'... the reality is that it was just a terribly sad place. And thank God, I was able to escape it.
‐‐ Jonathan Banks
I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that.
‐‐ Carrie Underwood
I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.'
‐‐ Craig Robinson
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of 'Fox News' every day and stuff like that.
‐‐ Jeffrey R. Immelt
I grew up in Cleveland and started doing plays in high school. And I went to the University of Illinois, and I majored in drama. And after school, I went up to Chicago, because I didn't really know anybody in New York or Los Angeles, and I knew people who were doing plays in Chicago.
‐‐ Alan Ruck
I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness.
‐‐ Romesh Gunesekera
I grew up in Colorado and spent my summers in Montana as a ranch hand.
‐‐ Chris Eigeman
I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.
‐‐ Sheryl Lee
I grew up in Columbia, Maryland, a planned community built during the sixties. During the early years, it was very integrated. I grew up being taught by black teachers with black principals and vice principals and, you know, a lot of black friends. We played in mixed groups, and I kind of thought that was how it was.
‐‐ Michael Chabon
I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.
‐‐ Stephen Sprouse
I grew up in communist Russia where we didn't have anything, so I'm not worried that I can't buy an extra pair of shoes.
‐‐ Margarita Levieva
I grew up in Connecticut, going in and out of New York City, and I worked in the city in the '90s. I was freelancing for the Associated Press, and I fell in love with New York.
‐‐ Lynsey Addario
I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
‐‐ Sara Paretsky
I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
‐‐ Rafael Cruz
I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
‐‐ Tea Obreht
I grew up in D.C. but always had a love affair with New York. I did 'Central Park West,' 'Sex and the City,' 'Law & Order.'
‐‐ Darren Star
I grew up in Dallas, and my dad works for IBM, so I grew up in the environment of Silicon Prairie.
‐‐ Scott Michael Foster
I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.
‐‐ Barry Watson
I grew up in dance class, so I was looking in mirrors all day.
‐‐ Katharine McPhee
I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.
‐‐ Michael Angarano
I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
‐‐ Dick Van Dyke
I grew up in Del Mar, Calif., north of San Diego. I got my first job the summer after eighth grade at a small Internet service provider.
‐‐ David Ulevitch
I grew up in Delhi, where there are no Parsis. But once I came to Mumbai, I realised how quirky Parsis are.
‐‐ Cyrus Broacha
I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas.
‐‐ Paul Taylor
I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
‐‐ Gary Oldman
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
‐‐ John Hume
I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
‐‐ Bill Bryson
I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison, though I believe he's innocent.
‐‐ Michael Eric Dyson
I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
‐‐ Daniel Espinosa
I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.
‐‐ Donald Sinden
I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.
‐‐ Richard Roeper
I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town; it's for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story.
‐‐ Louis Tomlinson
I grew up in Doraville, Georgia and I ate barbecued ribs and chicken fried steak, and all kinds of cheesy grits, you know, and I never even thought twice about it.
‐‐ Kathy Freston
I grew up in East Berlin, in a family of artists.
‐‐ Nina Hagen
I grew up in East Flatbush in Brooklyn which was an intense neighbourhood filled with different West Indian cultures.
‐‐ Michael K. Williams
I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.
‐‐ Apparat
I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit.
‐‐ Tom Wlaschiha