I grew up within New Orleans; my greatest concern is rising water. But I think life is a process of moving items from the 'scared of' to the 'not scared of' list. Donna Brazile concerngreatgrow Change image and share on social
I grew up without a father, who was kept a mystery to me. There was a sense of uprootedness, things being one day here and the next day not; a sense anything could happen. Then, all of a sudden, my mother met my stepfather, and her life became happier, and my life changed, my name changed. John Irving changedayfather share on social
I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line. Adrien Brody growlinelot Change image and share on social
I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself. Emily Watson bookentertaingrow Change image and share on social
I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'. Samantha Bond arcadiafriendgrow Change image and share on social
I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget. Ellen Page budgetcanadagrow Change image and share on social
I grew up working on farms. You'd do anything for money. You'd pick blueberries in the summertime for weeks; you'd cut down, like, spruce and fir trees for pulp. Diego Klattenhoff blueberrycutfarm Change image and share on social
I grew up wrestling and playing football where, at the end of the game, you have a score and you're either the winner of loser. There's no score in acting, but you qualify your level of success by the people that you work with and the amount of exposure that you have. Eddie McClintock actamountend share on social
I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching 'Scooby Doo.' Kelley Armstrong blamedoogrow Change image and share on social
I grew up writing. It was very natural in my household. My father was a poet, and his mother had been a novelist back in Hungary. I don't think I really thought about it being my career until high school, which is still pretty early, but it was a while there of just assuming this was something everyone did all day long. Rebecca Makkai assumebackcareer share on social