- 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
You can do all the film school you want in classrooms, but if you are on the set, you are going to learn so much more because you are really in the middle of doing it.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to an all-girls' Catholic school for, like, six years during the time when kids actually had handwriting class. I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I guess that's my favorite book. 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' even though I didn't read it, that's the greatest story. SparkNotes came in when I was in high school, and that was the greatest invention.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to law school, which I put myself through for $100,000 dollars of debt, I didn't expect anybody to pay for my health insurance, which I had none of. No health insurance.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't put this delicately - everyone goes to their high school reunion wanting to see who they 'beat.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't act in college, per se, because I didn't want an acting degree. I don't know what you do with that degree. When I was 16, I saw 'Usual Suspects,' and I wanted to be a director as well. So I thought I should go to school for directing and producing, something I knew nothing about.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really wore makeup in high school; I wasn't really into it yet, which is probably good.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to show other girls how happy I am and how confident I am, how I still want to go to school and I still want to rap.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in junior high school, friends and I were in a consciousness-raising group, a term that now seems quaint like a butter churn, but it was very powerful. It was a really wonderful experience.
- Follower
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very much not a follower of labels in school. If anything, I was labeled 'uncool.'
- Attending
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young Hollywood can absolutely feel like high school sometimes, which is hard, but it's part of life. If you get enough humans involved, there is bound to be a little drama.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020