I was always intrigued when I was growing up, and then in engineering school, with the idea of a perpetual machine. I think of the Wal-Mart culture as that.
My parents lived, breathed, ate and slept theatre. Emotions were right on the surface. Growing up, the unreal had as much importance as the real.
So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.
Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
It hurts so badly when you grow up and understand that everything you believed in and devoted yourself were just fallacy and stupidity.
When we grow up we all will understand that we have made mistakes which we are not proud of, but some of those are worth committing all.
When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman Lear did.
Streetwear for me is what I was raised wearing in London, and my style influences growing up were always people who wore streetwear.
'That's So Raven' was my favorite show growing up! I loved Raven so much! That show is what made me want to be on Disney Channel!
Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with.
I've been sort of coasting on 'Peep Show.' So now it's kind of, 'When I grow up, I'm going to have to be an actor if I'm not careful.'
I think most of my tastes were British, as far as comedy went, when I was growing up.
When I was growing up, I wanted to do Letterman and I loved that live, in-studio model. I still would do something like that.
When I was growing up in L.A. in the late '70s and early '80s, Michael Jackson's was the first face on TV that looked like mine.
I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.
I watched a ton of cartoons growing up, but I don't remember specifically what networks they were on, I'll be honest. But I did like cartoons as a kid.
I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.
I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.
Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there.
