- Me
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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
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mayo College, where I got my grounding, is a private boarding school. It is a traditional school with brilliant teachers including some from overseas.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.
- Different Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp. I had so many different ideas swirling between culture and how to tie things together.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.
- Gaiety
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a religious 'SNL' watcher all through middle school. I was obsessed with Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri - they were on right when I found the show. Then I started watching the older episodes, and it just totally blew my mind that my dream show already existed.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble - so I went home to L.A. to regroup.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor.
- Galleries
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into film school thinking I was going to make features, like every other film geek.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020