“Someone told me about drama schools, and they seemed like mythological places - you can really go and be in drama classes all day? I inadvertently entered into this world where people wore bicycle clips and did song-and-dance routines in the corridors.” PeopleWorldSchoolSongClassThis WorldDramaBicycleCorridorsClipSong And DanceDrama Class Author:Nick Moran
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe I could make a grade above a C in something.” SchoolGirlClassDramaHigh SchoolGradesDrama Class Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“It's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the John Malkovich and Joan Allen roles.” SchoolClassRolesSawsStudentsDramaHigh SchoolProductionsGiftedSteppenwolfDrama Class Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007
“I took a drama class in elementary school, and I just remember having so much fun with it. From there, I just studied, got better as I went along, and continued to grow.” SchoolRememberFunGrowsClassDramaElementary SchoolDrama Class Author:Sinqua Walls
“I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.” WantedStarsClassDadDramaAmbitionMy DadPopsSillyStoppingPop StarsDrama Class Author:Ashley Madekwe
“I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.” WorldTryingWholeSchoolYoungStuffBitsHurtClassMiddleYouthDramaDeterminedTheatreMiddle ClassUsualHurt MeSociableIt Really HurtsYouth Theatre Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't totally a foreign world.” WorldKidsClassDramaSummerTheaterCampsDrama Class Author:Carrie Brownstein
“There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.” MomentsBeautifulFilmClassComedyTeacherFrontsDramaScriptsGreat MomentsLevityTourettes Author:James Wolk
“The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.” FirstsHomeSchoolClassTeacherHeardCoupleDramaHigh SchoolAlbumsKicksTexasBobDylanBack Home Author:Steve Earle
“In order to be a world-class expert in anything, be it audiology, drama, music, art, gymnastics, whatever, one needs to have a minimum of 10,000 hours of practice. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that if you put in 10,000 hours that you will become an expert, but there aren't any cases where someone has achieved world-class mastery without it! So the time spent at the activity is indeed the most important and influential factor.” IfsWorldNeedsMeanArtImportantOrderHoursClassPracticeCasesDramaActivityFactorsExpertsMasteryMinimumInfluentialGymnasticsTime SpentWorld Class Author:Daniel Levitin
“I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.” IfsChildrenPlayClassTelevisionKingsDramaSeriesBetrayalChiefsVillagePlaywrightTreasonHeadmastersTelevision Drama Author:Sefi Atta
“Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team.” ClassTeamFootballDramaFootball TeamDrama Class Author:Paul Newman
“I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the classroom. The next Saturday I was acting, and thereafter it became a ritual of my youth to see a show at the Belvoir on Sundays and, if I was lucky, another at the Opera House on Monday after school.” IfsWayShouldShowsSchoolNextHouseParentActingClassTeacherYouthDramaLuckySundayRitualOperaClassroomSaturdayMondayCurbDisruptiveAfter SchoolOpera HouseDrama Class Author:David Wenham
“I'm taking drama classes, they say I'm a natural actress. I think it's just because I talk a lot. I'm also learning how to play guitar and piano. Piano is really hard though. My dad is teaching me and I just get so confused because the chords are so different, but by learning I hope to be able to be a songwriter as well.” ThinkingWellsDifferentHardPlayAbleNaturalClassTeachingDadDramaGuitarMy DadActressesPianoConfusedSongwritersChordsSo ConfusedDrama Class Author:Lindsay Pagano
“My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries.” PeopleRunningSchoolActingClassCareersDramaAnnaGary Author:Phil Daniels
“I love really exploring... you know, a cop drama for example is a great way to explore class in this country and explore, you know, really, identity in the country and who we are in a way that is extremely exciting, but it's also real, you know, it's also real people and real drama. The same with the military. I mean, a good science fiction story is also great.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanRealCountryStoriesFictionClassMilitaryExampleIdentityDramaExcitingScience FictionWho We AreCopExploringReal YouGood ScienceFiction Stories Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'm not naturally a gifted dancer, and I don't enjoy it. I didn't go to any of those classes in drama school 'cause I was like, "I'm not going to dance. I don't need to learn to dance." I regret that.” NeedsSchoolCausesEnjoyClassRegretDramaDancerGiftedI Regret Author:Richard Madden
“I had a fantastic teacher in high school. I had one of those guys you dream of having, who molds your life and inspires you to go in a particular direction, and he was quite brilliant. His name was Cecil Pickett, and a lot of the kids from my high-school drama class are in professional show business and have done quite well.” WellsDoneShowsDreamKidsSchoolGuyNamesClassTeacherInspireParticularDramaHigh SchoolBrilliantFantasticShow BusinessMoldDrama Class Author:Brent Spiner
“Both of the Quaid brothers, Randy and Dennis, were in my class, and Tommy Schlamme, who produced and directed The West Wing with Aaron Sorkin, among many others. Marianne Williamson, who did A Course In Miracles, she was in my high-school drama class, too. So it was kind of an amazing class.” KindSchoolCoursesClassBrotherDramaHigh SchoolMiracleWingsWestRandyQuaidDrama ClassCourse In Miracles Author:Brent Spiner
“I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama class in high school.” PeopleKnowsLooksShowsSchoolClassDramaHigh SchoolShow BusinessDrama Class Author:Brent Spiner
“I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these are all things that can turn into jobs. You know, wood shop, steel shop, welding. These are all things that can turn into great careers, get kids interested. Things they can do with other students. Other things for our word thinkers: journalism clubs, drama clubs.” ThinkingKnowsArtRealHandsKidsSchoolJobsTurnsCan DoClassCareersTakenStudentsDramaAll ThingsShameCookingClubsWoodsJournalismShopsThinkerSteelMechanicOur WordsSewingArt MusicWeldingAuto MechanicDrama Club Author:Temple Grandin
“I think my movie addresses the struggles of communities facing class distinctions, which are timeless. The questions of how we live together and what we do for money are really the stuff of drama.” ThinkingTogetherStuffCommunityClassStruggleDramaDistinctionAddressesTimelessClass Distinction Author:Ira Sachs
“Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.” YearsFirstsPlaySchoolTogetherActingClassAudienceHeardFrontsSonDramaHigh SchoolFirst TimeMy SonAnniversaryDrama Class Author:Phil Lesh
“My mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up.” WayClassDramaMumDrama Class Author:Naomi Watts