Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring a different idea to the table when I say, 'Guys, I come from India. I'm more optimistic coming from where I'm coming.' ”

You can be a kid of a star or be a normal child coming from a non-filmy family, but you still have to work hard. ”

I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that. ”

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater. ”

On 'Queer Eye,' I really get to see the way someone lives. They know the Fab Five are coming, but they don't know when or how, so our producers make sure they don't clean up so that we can experience exactly how they normally live. ”

When I was growing up on our 53-acre dairy farm, we were obsessed with food; it was the center of our lives. We planted it, grew it, harvested it, peeled it, cooked it, served it, consumed it - endlessly, day after day, season after season. ”

I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town. ”

Just being in the locker room as a young person growing up was something I've always enjoyed, without ever having it forced upon me. ”

When I grew up, and I've said this a lot, but I was a long time Oklahoma fan. I always followed them all the way while growing up in Ohio. ”

Sometimes with these big long guys who are really athletic, you don't know when they're going to stop growing. ”