“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.” PeopleShouldArtSaidPlayWantedSchoolDesireActorsActingTeacherTalentFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAcceptedHonestlyPerformingGradesAuditionsWhimPerforming ArtsEnglish Teacher Author:Ving Rhames
“I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.” SaidSchoolTeacherGradesBlindnessGrades In SchoolDyslexic Author:Debbie Macomber
“I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.” SaidProblemSchoolLostSportsProcessTeacherNervousEnthusiasmUpsetGradesLazyFlunking Author:Bruce Jenner
“As early as second grade I remember feeling really different and isolated. I had the hugest crush on a boy, and my best friend had a crush on him, too. One day he said to me, 'I like your best friend more because she's paler and she has freckles.' And it was right then that I began to feel like, Oh wow, I'm different.” FeelsSaidDifferentFeelingsRememberBoysLike YouOne DayCrushGradesWowIsolatedMy Best FriendYour Best FriendI Like YouFrecklesCrushing On Him Author:America Ferrera