I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English.
I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background.
When I was very young, my background as a Sikh-American made me aware of the tensions that underlie choice.
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.
To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.
Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town.
I come from a theater background, so usually, at the start, you know what happens and where the character goes and everything. But with TV, it's really unpredictable.
One of the things I liked about my character in 'Run' is that she can just disappear into the background if she wants, which is what I'm like.
The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.
I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.
I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.
Horses will never be my career. It's just a big passion of mine, and one that will always be there in the background, but football is my main passion and everyone knows that.
I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame.
The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black.
People say to me that I'm a role model in technology, but it makes me laugh, because I'm not a technologist, I'm a journalist - that's my background.
I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find someone with the same background and whatnot and I finally found him.
It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.
We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.
