“I'm very clumsy, so there's been a lot of times I've tripped in front of girls I'm in love with, or spilled food all over myself. My friends and I were the class clowns in high school, so one day we were showing off at our seats and I fell off my chair! I had to get stitches, and I had a bloody lip. I was trying so hard to be a cool class clown!” TryingHardSchoolGirlClassFrontsOne DayHigh SchoolMy FriendsLipsSeatsChairsBloodyClownShowing OffClumsyStitchesTrying So Hard Author:Prince Royce
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“[On a high school visit by Destiny's Child:] Then they appeared, golden Glamazons resplendent in hot pants the size of a dryer sheet and gold stiletto boots. The kids in the front row, clearly on funkiness overload, had the walleyed look of the Today's Catch section of the supermarket.” LooksChildrenKidsTodaySchoolDestinyFrontsHigh SchoolGoldHotSizeGoldenPantsBootsSheetsSectionsSupermarketsOverloadDryersStilettosHot Pants Author:Jancee Dunn
“I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.” StillsDifferentStoriesWantedSchoolCoursesAudienceStageFrontsTelevisionInvolvedHigh SchoolExcitingTheaterLuxuryGet BackBroadway Author:Dennis Haysbert
“I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing and telling them why you want to go to a particular university. That's probably what you would actually sound like. Then write your letter to the university, and put those 2 versions in front of you, and look at the difference between those 2 things.” WantWritingLooksSchoolSoundDifferencesTeacherFrontsParticularHigh SchoolAdultsLettersUniversityVersionsUnclesAuntSchool TeachersHigh School Teachers Author:David Sedaris
“When I was in high school, my mom gave me a paperweight. It was when I was going through my 'not that interested in doing homework or really working on anything' phase and the paperweight said "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." And that's sort of the same thing, if you're not always working to be in the front.” IfsSaidSchoolViewsDogFrontsMomHigh SchoolMy MomPhasesNever ChangeHomeworkAlways Working Author:Amanda Schull
“It's disgraceful and embarrassing that the highest technology in a typical city high school in this country is the metal detector the students pass through at the front door.” CountrySchoolCitiesTechnologyDoorsFrontsStudentsHighestHigh SchoolMetalsTypicalEmbarrassingFront DoorsDisgracefulMetal Detectors Author:Bran Ferren
“I remember looking at books when I was in high school, but I don't think I really stood in front of a genuine painting or sculpture until I was out of high school.” ThinkingBookSchoolRememberFrontsPaintingHigh SchoolGenuineSculpture Author:Joe Bradley
“I couldn't even speak in front of a group of students when I was in high school. I could barely do that sort of thing. But once I started doing the "YES!" chant down to the ring and people would do it with me, it allowed me to feel more comfortable.” PeopleFeelsSchoolSpeakGroupsFrontsStudentsComfortableHigh SchoolRings Author:Daniel Bryan
“I got on the high school speech team and everyday I would get up in front of the class and just start talking.” SchoolTalkingClassTeamFrontsSpeechHigh SchoolEverydayGet Up Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“Sometimes [high school speech team] was funny, other times it was just talking, but it gave me the confidence to speak in front of people after doing that for a whole year.” PeopleYearsSometimesWholeSchoolSpeakTalkingTeamFrontsSpeechHigh SchoolWhole Year Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“By the end of the semester [in the high school] I was the only one up in front of the class everyday. Actually I could have passed the class four times over because every time you got in front of the class you got extra credit.That was the only class I got an A in and it was the funniest report card because it read Speech - A but everything else was just D, D, D, D.” EndsSchoolClassFourFrontsSpeechHigh SchoolEverydayCreditCardsExtrasReportsSemesterReport Cards Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.” PeopleWayKindSchoolFoundLaughingStageFrontsBalanceEgoHigh SchoolOvercomingPerformingShyReservedMaking People LaughShynessEgo Trip Author:Steve Martin
“I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now.” ThinkingWayKindI CanSchoolRememberAudienceFrontsCollegeHumorousHigh SchoolRemember WhenJuniorsElementary SchoolJunior High Author:Steven Wright
“I fell in love with Erica Kane the summer before my freshman year of high school. Like all red-blooded teen American boys, I'd come home from water polo practice and eat a box of Entenmann's Pop'Ems donut holes in front of the TV while obsessively fawning over 'All My Children' and Erica, her clothes, and her narcissistic attitude.” YearsChildrenHomeSchoolWaterAttitudeBoysPracticeFrontsTvsSummerClothesHigh SchoolRedBoxesPopsHolesMy ChildrenEmsComing HomeNarcissisticFreshmanDonutsPoloFreshman YearWater Polo Book:Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture Source: Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
“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