- Art College
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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
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get on TV and you become more of a star and it makes it real hard to go back to school and sit in a classroom, put your hand up if you have a question or something.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a first - I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist. I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing.
- Fake
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- Nov 07, 2020
In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools, you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I probably can win a prize for the most ways to use a Harvard Law School degree because of all the things I'm doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy get up and play this solo. And I said, 'Oh man, what is that! That must be fantastic!'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always screwing around with music, but I really wanted to go to film school when I was in high school. I guess what happened was that I didn't get into Tisch, that's what happened. I got deferred. And I went to Hampsire and ended up making music like everybody else there.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020