My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money.
My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
My name, my origins, my background and my experiences are what leveraged my success. The angle of the immigrant, through which I examined the reality in France, distinguished me.
I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'
Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.
Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds.
I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.
Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.
I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.
But this isn't a ghost story: the ghost is in the background, where she has to be. If she was in the foreground she'd be a person.
I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.
I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.
Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.
My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice.
My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best.
Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.
My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.
