- 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
- Jump
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought of school as a captive audience. It gave me a chance to work on my material.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, I hid in the back seat of an old boyfriend's car when he was out with another girl. He finally found me, but not until after he had made out with her for an hour.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked at a nursing home though high school... There's a lost appreciation for a generation that has so much to tell us when we're so full of self-help books and doctors on TV.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just never did like school.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to go to a school with lower requirements, it doesn't diminish the education.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round school schedule.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to school in San Francisco, you're not going to meet as many people that are making films as you would if you went to film school in New York or L.A.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted.
- Kind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have many friends; I was kind of bullied at school.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did organize something in high school like a school walkout. These kids were locked up in their school, they weren't allowed out, but 3,000 school kids from Sydney walked out and protested. And I organized it from my mom's office at work. And I was 12.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once, Naseeruddin Shah told me that the wafer shop was the best acting school that I could have attended. And I completely agree. I observed every customer very minutely and picked up some quirk or the other. Later, I used those experiences while playing different characters.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020