Tess Gerritsen
Related I went to work in a woman's home in Los Angeles as a mother's helper. I worked there about t... GEORGIA HOLT When I was a kid, my daily routine was playing make-believe, and I kind of created these stories thr... NINA ARIANDA Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated o... MING-NA WEN Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choic... ISAAC MIZRAHI More than anything, I'm an American kid, and my music reflects that more so than being an Asian-... AWKWAFINA TESS GERRITSEN FRED KOREMATSU I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother&... JESSICA HAGEDORN WALE WILBUR SMITH DEBORAH TANNEN People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' a... STEWART COPELAND EVA GREEN I wanted to be into fashion, but I was never the kind of person who could keep up with fashion trend... RAINA TELGEMEIER I've loved musical theater ever since I was a kid. My mother's a pianist, and my grandfather... RACHEL BLOOM Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage.... ELIZABETH WARREN ASHTON KUTCHER There aren't a lot of Portuguese models, so everyone always expects me to be Brazilian because o... SARA SAMPAIO MR. T My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I di... TAMARA TUNIE I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great Ame... CHARLIE HADEN BELLA THORNE I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint... CHRIS STAPLETON My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures ... CATHERINE TATE Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I I'm born and raised in Mexico. I only spent eight months in the States, but definitely English i... EIZA GONZALEZ When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally di... KEYSHAWN JOHNSON 'American Idol' is a juggernaut... Because of my 'American Idol' win, I am able to d... TAYLOR HICKS I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried... FANTASIA BARRINO JOHNNY DEPP I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and... ELLEN OCHOA COLONEL SANDERS All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've bee... COUNT BASIE GARY LOCKE PAUL STANLEY LEV GROSSMAN I did my first professional play at 11, and there was really nothing else I ever dreamed of doing. I... ERIC JOHNSON I'm very much half-American - my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16, then I ... BETTY WHO Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sand... ANDY RODDICK I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and... EMMA ROBERTS LUCAS TILL MICHELLE DOCKERY JACK MA TADANOBU ASANO I'm not an immigrant - I was born and raised in New York. My parents are Puerto Rican, and Puert... ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister a... ANEURIN BARNARD RYAN REYNOLDS MARK RUFFALO HUEY NEWTON MOBY SONIA SOTOMAYOR I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Bu... DAMIAN LEWIS I was willing to accept a bad reputation if I deserved it, but it was going to be based on my action... CASEY WASSERMAN As a teenage girl myself, I've gone through times in my life where I've felt insecure about ... KELLI BERGLUND DAVID NICHOLLS TYLER PERRY Having portrayed English-speaking Indian characters in British and American projects, I have always ... ART MALIK SARAH DESSEN I've had an ambition to be somebody since I was 13 years old because I wanted to help my family.... TRINI LOPEZ GABRIEL LUNA I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going... ADAN CANTO EDEN HAZARD ABBY WAMBACH AMY TAN KRISTIN DAVIS I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot o... FINN WITTROCK Pre-'Tokyo Drift,' I was like: 'Am I gonna play Yakuza #1 and Chinese Waiter #2 for the ... SUNG KANG My whole life, I wanted to be a fighter pilot; it's what I wanted to do. I set up all of my clas... MIKE VOGEL By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor. ALEXIS DENISOF HAYLEY WILLIAMS ED WEEKS SAM SMITH KURT COBAIN ANGELA BASSETT AMY TAN When 'American Pie' happened, I was so lucky to get that opportunity and I just tried to do ... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pen... JEFF KINNEY I'm a man that's unique to the world. That's kind of the star I was born under - on the ... JOSE JAMES Carrie Fisher was the most remarkable person I've ever known. I made my first three albums in he... JAMES BLUNT I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was,... ERIC DICKERSON HOLLY MADISON JENNIFER LOPEZ Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had t... LA INDIA My new mission is, and I've said this to the White House, I want the Buy America to be real. I w... SHEILA JACKSON LEE ANDERSON COOPER
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