- 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
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of Hollywood kids went to my grammar school growing up. I'm completely unmoved by it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had a serious boyfriend in high school, but we would take breaks in between. You shouldn't always have a boyfriend!
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in elementary school, I was a big fan of the zip-off pants that could be turned into shorts. The Delia's catalog used to be my bible.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read about in my senior year in high school.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I liked to play outside, to stroll through the fields, and I was an active member of the local children's gang, frequently being chased by field guards and building supervisors. Nevertheless, my performance at school was very good, and mainly due to the influence of my mother, I was allowed to attend high school.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school, my favorite subjects were history, biology, chemistry, and physics. Especially the teaching in physics was excellent. Most of my understanding of it I got at high school, not at the university.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020