Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work. ”

I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism. ”

I had so many friends over the years - so many, out of the woodwork, telling me, 'When are you coming back to TV?' ”

Some people in the gay community were very upset with me for not coming out on their terms. ”

I'm the youngest of six. When you're in a big family, you get put to the test right away. Do I like being the center of attention? Or do I not like it? You have to make that decision a lot growing up. I knew from a very young age that I liked it. ”

As for growing up on TV, I have just let things happen. ”

The early music I heard was Top of the Pops. But in bedrooms, around the house with my brother playing the Sex Pistols, Sham 69 and the Ham and all these groups then going into that sort of mod turnover scene and then going into the New Romantics scene the coming of age myself in the mid-eighties and into the noughties, it was changing. ”

I remember all the magic markers of the first time I heard the Stone Roses and that Madchester vibe, the Verve and all these groups coming up. ”

Paul Ryan is loved in our state because he's a conservative who has advocated for conservative policies, and Donald Trump coming out saying favorable things about Mr. Ryan's opponent doesn't add to the number of voters in Wisconsin that'll vote Donald Trump. ”

I played all sports growing up. Baseball was always my favorite, though. ”