Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy. ”

Sitting around with Jim Carrey, coming up with bits, is, like, beyond a dream come true. ”

Most horror films are made very cynically, and they're usually made by studios for an audience that they know is there, no matter what they put out. And there are always exceptions - every year, it seems we have a great one coming out. ”

I've probably cried with a lot of songs - in teenage crushes, adult crushes. ”

I used to have hamburgers coming and going, especially when I was on the road. Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum. I am now opting for salads and just healthier lunches. ”

So, rap has that quality, for youth anyway; it's a kind of blues element. It's physical, almost gymnastic. It speaks to you organically. Rap grows out of what young people really are today, not only black youth, but white - everybody. ”

Growing up in a small town of two thousand people, there wasn't too many ways to get in trouble. But I found some. We got caught stealing green plums from this old lady's yard. ”

That's been a huge recurring thing in growing up - allowing two things to exist in the same space even though, instinctively, they might not be designated to. ”

There are only advantages of being Salim Khan's son, Salman Khan's brother and coming from a known family. ”

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. ”