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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from when I was ten years old.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I was very unpopular.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know who Avedon was. I was 18 years old. I dropped out of high school in the 10th grade. I had no idea.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so involved in the regular joy of school that I didn't do any plays. On a dare, I auditioned for 'South Pacific' my junior year. I showed up at the last minute to the audition and ended up getting cast as the lead. I haven't turned back since then.
- Enlisted
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always really smart in school. My whole family is smart. We have 'Jeopardy' challenges and have Scrabble tournaments.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped going to high school when I met Big Pun, which wasn't the smartest thing. So I never got my diploma. When I went to prison, it's mandatory to get your GED if you don't have a high school diploma.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm kinda secretive, and I can't even say secretive because of my son. He's the type, like, he doesn't let his friends know who his mom is or his stepdad. He doesn't like me going to his school. If he gets into trouble at school, he's, like, dying. He's very low-key with it. He's always been like that since he was born.
- Nov 07, 2020
The life I remember begins at Imperia, where I went to school, including the Ginnasio-Liceo 'De Amicis.'
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really loved school through junior high, but then I started running track my freshman year, and I was just like, 'Wow, this is cool!'
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was an undergraduate in Film & TV at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, most of the projects I shot had male directors, and only a few had female directors.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in film school as an undergrad with a focus on directing. Once I started working on shoots, I realized, 'Oh, I really like this cinematography thing.'
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the cinematographer has the most control. They're the one looking through the viewfinder, carrying the camera, framing the shots.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020