- I Am
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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
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son's school tuition in Los Angeles.
- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time staring at the clock in school, so I have that kind of personality.
- Chicago
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's tough at first. You realize in the NBA, it's not easy. Each and every night, you're playing against that player that was the best high school player, that player that was the best player on his college team.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I moved to Mississippi, I was playing in high school, and there wasn't a lot of talent around me. I figured out that I wasn't going to be able to get to the bucket a lot anymore.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took myself out of the business to study film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts. I grew up on movie sets and was fascinated with the camera and behind-the-scenes work. I felt it would help my career as an actor if I knew all aspects of film.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
After film school, I embarked on trying to promote independent films. But after a while, I realized I was breaking my back doing six-day-a-week shoots, 14-hour days, and no guarantee of distribution.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the set with professionals.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was going to high school, in the high school band we would play these kind of hour-long concerts for our parents. All the parents would come to the gymnasium, and the band would play an hour-long kind of orchestra piece. 'Synchestra' is supposed to be similar, like a high school band orchestra piece.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was bullied from grade one to six. Even middle school was tough for me. Everyone had these pre-existing friendships, and I was the new kid, who was acting, so that didn't help much either. It was really tough.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
What other school in the country is top five academically and top five in football? There isn't one - except Stanford.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually didn't know anything about Stanford. It was the only school I really did a lot of research on.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent most of my high school years on movie sets and I'd have like one teacher, which was really bad.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020