It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People ask me what it's like to be tall, and I don't know what to say because I don't know any different. I grew up in a very tall house, so I wasn't an anomaly there.
I was the tallest guy in the school, and I was very conscious of being larger than anybody - classmates and teachers.
I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought.
When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high.
I've always been really tall and lanky.
I've been six feet tall since the sixth grade.
I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.
Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people.
People always like to make me seem taller than I am.
I grew up in New York.