- Born
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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
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up as normally as any other kid. Between that small TV part I did at five and when I turned professional actor at 18, I stayed away from the limelight, so I was just like any typical kid who went to school.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you start out, you're hungry to take any job. I didn't go to film school - I went from high school to a show about high school and on to directing.
- Old Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
When 'Jewel' was screened, old friends from school and university got back in touch. More than one of them told me that their partners hated Merrick so much they could not think of having me in the house. This kind of audience identification does not happen in any other medium.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the guy that once graduated Ranger School - a place that starves you and denies you sleep for over two months - and took a fight six days later in the IFL and won.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s. And I've had different variations of dreadlocks. I'll admit to those!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in high school, there was something fun and dangerous about inhabiting a different personality.
- High School And College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn't go to a conservatory or anything like that. I was fairly self-taught.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of dopes in life, and in film school. The interesting people are usually easy to find.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
My education started with Latin taught at home by a governess, I can't imagine why, and for some reason I attended the Infants Department of the Oxford High School for Girls before moving to the Dragon School at the dangerous age of 8 or so.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020