- Nov 07, 2020
School Quotes
On learning, growing up and finding your own pace.
These quotes cover school in different forms: a childhood spent in Sunday school, being a late bloomer among faster-moving classmates, and skipping formal film training entirely to learn a craft directly. For lighter school-themed content, see our Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.
- Shy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was shy at school.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn't really known for figure skating. I think that's why I excelled so well. I spent a lot of my high school years training.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, for two years, I made all my beats on earbuds. I'd just guess, so the frequencies would be all off.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lower standards tell students that they don't need to work hard and leave more high school students unprepared for college and the workplace.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in working with people with disabilities, and in high school I worked with people who had Down Syndrome. That was for an agency called AHRC, Association for the Help of Retarded Children. Then I went to college, and throughout college I volunteered for AHRC.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been to film school. I had to leave this country to make a film. All they would let me do in Hollywood was be a messenger.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew from a young age that I wanted to perform. I went to an arts camp called Brookdale Arts Camp, in New Jersey, from the time I was 6, and then I was a counselor there through high school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a very weird child. I was very shy, so in school I would just mimic stand-up sets of Whoopi Goldberg.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the girl in the black leather jacket with the black fingernails, picked up after school by guys with loud cars and motorcycles. I carried straight-A grades, but I had a little trouble with rules. I tended to have a bit of an authority problem.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
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- Nov 07, 2020