No mother ever wants a war, they want to see their children grow up in peace, surrounded by love.
Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.
When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.
I was quite fearless as a kid. But I've had to realize I'm not invincible. That's what breaking your back does. It makes you grow up and reassess life.
I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.
Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.
I was the teenage kid growing up in New Jersey watching the Tony Awards and thinking, 'Oh, maybe if I'm lucky I'll make it to Broadway by the time I'm 40!'
I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.
Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.
I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.
I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast.
I was a really big fan of cartoons growing up, and I loved to read too much into them most of the time.
I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.
When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.
We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free.
The Blue Fairy: A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.
In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted.
'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.
I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language.
