“I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful really. They all had a high school. That vulnerability is completely permanent and, as an actor, it's a good thing.” PeopleThinkingWayReasonCharacterSchoolCertainActorsPowerfulHigh SchoolGood ThingsPermanentVulnerabilityHelpfulLoserVery Powerful Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Sorry men, but I think boys are a little more oblivious in high school. Girls are just more sensitive. We're so concerned about how we look and how we're doing.” ThinkingMenLooksLittlesSchoolGirlBoysHigh SchoolConcernedSorrySensitiveObliviousSchool GirlSorry Men Author:Sigourney Weaver
“When I went to Yale, I thought it would be like in Stenford 24 hours a day. Robert Brustein, former dean of the Yale School of Drama and founder of the Yale Repertory Theater was there, and we did all this very serious - I would go so far as to say completely humorless - Eastern European drama, as well as August Strindberg, and Henrik Ibsen, we weren't allowed to do William Shakespeare or Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill. I was not in the right place.” SchoolHoursSeriousDramaFoundersEastern Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I actually have a long apology letter from Robert Brustein, saying, "I'm so sorry this happened to you. I didn't realize the people who were running the acting department at the drama school hated actors." They did. And they were fired when I graduated.” PeopleLongRunningSchoolRealizingActingDramaSorryHatedApology Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I wouldn't recommend it, because art school is a funny business. Yes, if you can find a situation where they'll give you money to live at the school and do whatever you want and pay for all your materials, if you're a painter or maybe a filmmaker, do it. But acting should be the most fun thing in the world; you're surrounded by other people who are as obsessed with Anton Chekhov as you are.” PeopleWorldGivingArtSchoolFunActingSituationPainterObsessedFilmmaker Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Art school is a very difficult thing to run in a generous, humane way, because academic power is somehow very corrupting.” ArtRunningSchoolDifficultGenerousAcademic Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers.” SchoolDramaPeersDiscouraged Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I still am in touch with several friends from high school. I don't go to reunions much. I'm afraid that if I go back to the school, they'll suddenly go, 'You know what? We've checked the records and you still have one more French class. Get back in here.'” IfsKnowsStillsSchoolClassRecordsHigh SchoolGet BackReunion Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant.” MeanSelfWantedSchoolGirlConsciousTallAwkwardSelf ConsciousUnimportant Author:Sigourney Weaver
