My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.
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Related Lucha libre culture was part of my wrestling upbringing. I'm Filipino, so it wasn't a part o... T. J. PERKINS I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave... DOROTHY HAMILL I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'... LYDIA LUNCH My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. JIM CARREY Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearin... JAMES NESBITT I inherited my weight problem from my mum. She was always on diets. If there was a box of chocolates... LESLEY NICOL When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she ask... NEIL JACKSON I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after ... DAVID ALAN BASCHE Possibly I am difficult to live with, but I don't bring my work home much. I'm either busy o... JACK DEE I'm the person that I always was, but in terms of how I approach my living, I'm not the same... IYANLA VANZANT My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband... ORLANDO BLOOM I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva. SHIRLEY BASSEY It's too bad I'm not a flirt. When I'm on the sets, I'm too busy working on my scene... RANDEEP HOODA I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only publi... TOM GLAZER I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pen... JEFF KINNEY Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know ... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I&... DAVID DAVIS To have that opportunity to direct under my belt was fantastic, so I'm glad I did it. DAVID BOREANAZ I think of myself as quite a shy person. But when I'm curious about something, I'll go quite... ALAIN DE BOTTON My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings whil... EMMA STONE I'm not saying none of these guys are talented, but people think Ed Sheeran crawled off a couch ... JAMES ARTHUR I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that ... ANGELA CARTWRIGHT My reading and studying and retellings of old stories didn't do anything except help me think better... FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information... SANDRA LEE We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free fee... RIVER PHOENIX Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who... ANNIE LENNOX I was a very curious person because of my parents. They encouraged me to be as curious about as many... MARTHA STEWART You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the doug... AIMEE MANN I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless thin... ROMOLA GARAI I'm a permanently curious person. I probably waste my time being curious about things that have ... RUPERT MURDOCH The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't ha... ERNEST BORGNINE My mum is a theatrical person. I saw a tape of a theatre project she did when I was a kid. I was rea... BILLY HOWLE Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping. KIRSTY GALLACHER Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. ... BOBBY DAVRO On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the... JULIAN LENNON I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her ... TINIE TEMPAH It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old ... ALAN VEGA I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me... NEON HITCH Girls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!' ALEX MERAZ I love to travel. I'm a curious person. HILARY SWANK I'm a very curious person. DOMENICO DOLCE I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season. ELI MANNING What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of wha... JEAN DUJARDIN I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned... TARON EGERTON I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I... CARL LEWIS I definitely had a very religious upbringing. My father was just instilling good morals into us at a... AARON PAUL I'm a worrier by nature. DANA PERINO I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But t... TINA TURNER My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my da... ARI MILLEN I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. ... NIA LONG I just always really wanted to swim. It was always a family thing: dad obviously swam, and my sister... AIMEE WILLMOTT I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions. KATHY IRELAND My worst hairstyle was a bowl cut parted down the middle. It was the '90s. It was what you did. ... CHRIS EVANS I remember I had to play a blind person once, and I did this stupid thing with my eyes, and I knew t... KIT HARINGTON By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depr... ERIC SCHLOSSER I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family. DANNY DYER The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do. CARL PALADINO I'd like to think I'm a normal sort of guy, but go to my mum and she'll probably say, ... CHRIS HEMSWORTH During my draft process, I had Seattle come and work me out. This is one of the places where I thoug... B. J. DANIELS You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'... FAYE DUNAWAY I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather sai... ADAM SANDLER My mum sent me to ballet from the age of five, not because I was that into it but because I had real... DARCEY BUSSELL But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as ... BEAU BRIDGES I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mu... NATASHA RICHARDSON I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindere... DAVID BECKHAM I've had so many horrible things happen in my life since I did 'Home Improvement' that i... PATRICIA RICHARDSON At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were s... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at sch... STORMZY I'm very nurturing. I come from a large family, and my parents were loving. But the most importa... GISELE BUNDCHEN I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I... LINDSEY STIRLING I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting m... DAN STEVENS I'm a very thoughtful, forward-thinking, planner kind of person. I love Excel spreadsheets and f... JENNA FISCHER I was so nervous because I was doing my first film. I didn't want to embarrass myself. I'm a... TAHYNA TOZZI I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a feder... GEORGE J. MITCHELL My personal style at this point in my life is more audio; it's more driven on less visual and mo... SAVION GLOVER I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It w... AMANDA BURTON I was thinking of going to college or staying in L.A. to act, and I stayed to give it a chance. I... KAITLIN DOUBLEDAY I'm restless. I'm all the time here and there and trying to get myself busy and creative. It... EDGAR RAMIREZ I'm a curious person. I pursue things based on what sparks my interest. I'm not thinking abo... ROMAN COPPOLA I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and my s... NEIL CROSS My mum never told me that I was beautiful when I was a kid - and I didn't read magazines or watc... CAMERON RUSSELL My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days... TYSON FURY My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it. HANNAH WARE On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father... DAN FEUERRIEGEL I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on... KREAYSHAWN I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us... OMARI HARDWICK I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me... EVE Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great ... ROBERT REDFORD I'm a creative person, and I've got a lot of ideas. People probably thought that my mentalit... TYGA I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and... BRIT MARLING I remembered moving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my mum when I was seven and my sister was th... BRIE LARSON I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me. TERRY PRATCHETT I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will... LATOYA JACKSON And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and tre... LISA SNOWDON When the folks at Holiday Inn Express handed me a pancake with my very own face on it, I knew I had ... ROB RIGGLE Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes i... DONNA AIR Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I... ANN HOOD I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story... WALTER KIRN When I was 10 or 11, my grandmother had a scarf. It was black, but a long one. I used to wrap it aro... HASSAN NASRALLAH My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I ... MIRANDA HART
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