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In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary. (Aldiss Brian)
My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise. (Aldiss Brian)
Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment. (Aldiss Brian)
I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave. (Aldiss Brian)
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I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt. (Aldiss Brian)
I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys. (Aldiss Brian)
When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys. (Aldiss Brian)
I was a kid for whom nothing and no one was more important than my survival. (Aldiss Brian)
I never did acting in high school, ... I walked into acting class one day because they had signs for auditions. I looked around at the people and thought, 'I don't like any of these people.' And I turned around and walked out. But then again, I was kind of a loner in high school. (Aldiss Brian)
I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting. (Aldiss Brian)
My whole life's been lived in west London-born, schooled, art-schooled, drama-schooled. (Aldiss Brian)
I was very competitive with my brothers when I was younger. Now we are all in completely different worlds. I'm not in direct competition with my brothers for anything, ever. Stephen and I and Billy and I are better at staying in touch with each other. Danny is married, he has a new baby and he is very peripatetic, he goes to golfing tournaments and charity things. He really travels a lot. (Aldiss Brian)
I did. I did see Bigfoot when I was a kid and I still believe it to this day. I saw a big furry man outside my window. It's not funny! It was real. (Aldiss Brian)
It's very difficult to be objective about one's childhood because you have no perspective on it. I have nothing to compare it with. The only way I can lead any kind of a comparative life is to portray other men. (Aldiss Brian)
Everything that's made me what I am today is part of that process of being intrigued and curious. But I really couldn't put my finger on any specific trigger from my childhood. (Aldiss Brian)
I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew. (Aldiss Brian)
At first I thought, 'Man, this bull has the life.' I was a teenage boy, I could see the advantage of that. Then I thought, 'Maybe this isn't such a good deal.' ... Sometimes he'd look at me with these eyes: Beware of what you wish for. (Aldiss Brian)
Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times. (Aldiss Brian)
I grew up in a very loving two-parent household in the middle of one of the worst ghettos in New York City, ... I didn't know I lived in the ghetto until I was like 20, 19. I came to LA with Eddie Murphy and stayed at hotels and all this stuff. When I got back and I saw what my neighborhood looked like, I started getting scared. I just thought everybody lived around abandoned buildings and had crack heads. (Aldiss Brian)
It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood. (Aldiss Brian)
I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages. (Aldiss Brian)
You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life. (Aldiss Brian)
Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm. (Aldiss Brian)
I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me. (Aldiss Brian)
Being a kid in this business, you naturally grow up a lot quicker, and it could drive someone crazy if they're not careful. (Aldiss Brian)
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