“With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very lucky because 'Modern Family' wouldn't fit on cable: they'd want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it's not.” WantCharacterSeemsTurnsInterestingModernFitDramaLuckyBiggerBudgetsWant UCablesModern Family Author:Steven Levitan
“Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case - which didn't exactly fill me with confidence.” IfsCountrySchoolMotherFallCasesStudyCollegeDramaLuckyDegreesDown AndUniversityFall BackBirmingham Author:Tamsin Greig
“I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.” DramaLuckyTime TravelCostumesTravellerPart Time Author:Julia Sawalha
“The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.” MindSchoolLeftDramaLuckyLongevityOf My Mind Author:Conleth Hill
“I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music and drama very seriously and the teachers were just brilliant.” SchoolTeacherInvolvedDramaLuckyMembersProductionsBrilliantGet InvolvedChoir Author:Bronagh Gallagher
“There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to get into it but I've been so incredibly lucky in that I was brought up in to it. I still might go to drama school, if I wanted to do theater work, definitely. It's a completely different type of training.” IfsThinkingWayStillsDifferentMightWantedSchoolActorsTypeDramaLuckyTrainingEnglandTheaterHype Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in 2000, and I would say about two of us are working and able to make a living out of it. It is a tough profession. To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.” FeelsKindTwoAbleSchoolDramaLuckyToughGratefulProfessionReally AmazingTwo Of Us Author:Naomie Harris
“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
“There's something that happens where you go, if you're lucky, goodness me, from film to another film to another film. And you can sort of feel that if you step off that treadmill, it might all go horribly wrong and you might never be employed again, you know. And I suddenly thought that that's not necessarily the case. And I also thought we make drama as actors about people in the world and that if you are on that treadmill, you start making films about other films.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFeelsMightHappensFilmActorsStepsCasesDramaLuckyGoodnessEmployedTreadmills Author:Ewan McGregor
“I was always trying to perform, but never with some dream to be on the stage. The stage was wherever I was standing at the time. I was lucky that the department of education in Sydney had a program where you could try out for these ensembles - kind of like extra-curricular sports, but for little drama kids. I got into that system, and it took me right through high school.” TryingKindDreamKidsSchoolSportsDramaLuckyHigh SchoolProgram Author:Jai Courtney