We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.
I grew up in L.A., but I was the only one in my family born there.
I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be.
I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.
I had a blast in the '90s, perhaps too much fun, and maybe I should have worked a lot harder and partied a lot less, but I definitely don't regret the 12 years I spent living out in L.A.
Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
It was go-along to get-along social. It was living in Los Angeles, being young and single, and flowing with the trendy liberal crowd.
I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when you're famous, its hard to live in a small town.
Discovering L.A., in particular in the early '80s, was pretty spectacular; it was fun and carefree, and there was not nearly as much traffic as exists today. It was very much the last gasps of the Beach Boys' ideal view of L.A.: sun, the beach, cars, blondes, etc.
I grew up in L.A. I actually grew up in the Valley, which was a pretty amazing place to grow up because everybody has nice, big backyards, and I was kind of a little nature being.