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I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have to write about certain subjects.
I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.
The person who does that role better than anyone else is the person who should get that role, regardless of their background or heritage.
People have asked me whether I have a science background. No, but I have a great curiosity about the kinds of things we do on 'Discover.'
People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part.
I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
I think if we had eight or 12 of us in the Senate who came from my business background, you'd see a lot of different things in government.
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.
I normally hate books that have anything to do with medicine, thanks to my own background in nursing - FYI, almost everybody gets it wrong.
I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an ensemble.
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.
I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.
We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.
I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance.
I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.
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.
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.
I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
Every philosophy is tinged with the coloring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning.
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.
Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background.
I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.
I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.
I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.
I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.
I'm an astrobiologist, and I come from a planetary science background, so in a very broad sense, I study the evolution of planetary environments.
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
As a British Muslim, I am no stranger to prejudice. I know what it's like to be discriminated against just because of your background or religion.
Anything is possible. My background is a bad background, but a lot of people said I couldn't do it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
My parents are Jamaican immigrants and both have a multiracial background. They're Jamaican but my genetic makeup is West African, European, Asian.
I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background.
I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me.
I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I.
I came from a background where access to museum culture was rarely granted, and, when you got it, people wondered what the hell you were doing there.
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 spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.
I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.
Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training.
I come out of an academic background, and I'm aware that what I'm doing is simultaneously research and fiction. I want to meet both those obligations.