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- 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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never went to music school.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school and college, I always, always straightened my hair. Don't ask why; I was just so into my image. Post-college, I started wearing my hair natural.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all went for roles as extras at my school because a lot of children’s shows were filmed in Leeds near where I grew up. My Parents are Aliens was a big one we all did.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started working at a really young age, so I didn't even go to traditional high school.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In middle school, I played quarterback. I was at a tiny school, so you played offense and defense - I played linebacker, and in high school I stopped playing around my sophomore year because of my acting stuff.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was not a good student; I was an average student. In order to play basketball and baseball, I had to go to school every day. And so I was pretty good in terms of attending school.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn't have very much faith in me.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, I had a notebook that I filled up with rules about lying. It must have been a hundred pages long - one hundred pages of rules about lying!
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.
- Bold
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- Nov 07, 2020
The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill, so I was expected to do it. And then I went to college, and the exact same thing happened.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was always something I loved doing, but I didn't know that I would pursue it professionally. I really loved doing plays at school, but I was in a rock band and ended up going to a school for music.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020