Growing Up Quotes

I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.

Raf Simons
- People
- Up
- School
I probably wanted to be Pam Grier growing up.

Octavia Spencer
- Up
- Growing
- Growing Up

Maybe directors who are more interested in realism and naturalism come from cities, where they see things on their doorstep every day. But growing up as a kid in a very pretty but ever-so-slightly boring town, where not a great deal happened, encouraged me to be more escapist, more imaginative, and more of a daydreamer.

Edgar Wright
- Up
- Great
- Pretty
Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

Cameron Diaz
- Up
- Growing
- Style
When I was growing up there, North Gulfport was referred to as 'Little Vietnam' because of the perception of crime and depravity within its borders - as if its denizens were simply a congregation of the downtrodden.

Natasha Trethewey
- Up
- Growing
- Perception
When I was growing up, in the '80s and '90s, I just never really saw myself reflected in the things that I had a liking for. It makes a difference.

Mahershala Ali
- Up
- Growing
- Myself
Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them.

Zainab Salbi
- Up
- Country
- Growing
I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.

Mahershala Ali
- People
- Up
- American