“I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunity for a lot more. I joined a band and so on. We would do concerts at school, and I would play cover tunes and thought, 'This is really great.'” PlaySchoolOpportunityBandTunesConcertsReally Great Author:Teddy Thompson
“I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they must have seen something then. And even when I was practicing piano eight hours a day, I was still doing school plays.” LittlesStillsPlayAgeSchoolThreeHoursActingBoysEightTinyPianoLittle BoysSchool Plays Author:Christian McKay
“When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could play banjo, I got him to teach me a lick or two. Little by little, I put it together.” YearsLittlesTwoPlaySchoolTogetherTeachMetsTwo YearsFarmersBanjosHitchhiking Author:Pete Seeger
“I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play.” FirstsStillsPlaySchoolAmericaLinesMoonTheaterArchitectBanquets Author:Mako Iwamatsu
“I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of Fiddler on the Roof when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say.” PlayKidsSchoolThirdsLet MeProductionsAcceptedDancerGradesFourthRoofImpressiveElementary SchoolThird GradeFourth GradeFiddlersFiddler On The Roof Author:Lizzy Caplan
“In Michigan, if you want to act, it's local theater, it's high school theater and it's going to camp and putting on plays in the summer, and I always loved doing that. There was something that just drew me to it.” IfsWantPlaySchoolSummerHigh SchoolTheaterLocalsCampsMichigan Author:James Wolk
“When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.” YearsPlaySchoolActingCareersHigh School Author:Nick Offerman
“Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends.” PlayFeelingsSchoolDancing Author:Teri Garr
“I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think thats what really started me off.” ThinkingPlaySchoolTvsHugeDirectorsImpactDancing Author:Francesca Annis
“I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was a musical. Parents love musicals. And I don't sing. It was driving me crazy. 'We're doing 'Macbeth.'' 'Yes!' 'The musical!' And I was always in the chorus, because of course, in all the main parts, you had to be able to sing.” PlayAgeAbleSchoolCoursesParentCrazyEnglandMusicalDrivingChorusParents LovePrepsDrive Me Crazy Author:Charlie Cox
“From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school plays.” PlayAgeSchoolFourBandBalletChoirSchool PlaysSchool Band Author:Gugu Mbatha-Raw
“I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.” TwoPlayWould BeSchoolActorsTreeGood Actors Author:Suraj Sharma
“Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.” WantPlayKidsSchoolBlackWhite Author:Ice Cube
“People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.” PeoplePlaySchool Author:Max Hastings
“I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.” IfsWantNeedsPlaySchoolStuffCourtTennisGymSparesSpare Time Author:Lleyton Hewitt
“I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.” StatesPlaySchoolCitiesPlayerBasketballHigh SchoolLettersBaseballQuarterbackBaseball PlayerWashington State Author:Ryne Sandberg
“Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.” TwoPlayWantedSchoolStarsSportsFootballHigh SchoolBaseballSports Stars Author:Russell Wilson
“I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up taking an acting class almost just to get rid of an arts requirement, but I wound up in this wonderful acting class with this teacher named Alma Becker who really saved my life. I was just kind of this knucklehead kid from DC and I was in and out of trouble all of the time. I took a theatre class and she really discovered something in me and I absolutely fell in love with it.” KindArtPlayKidsSchoolSportsActingMistakeClassTeacherWonderfulTroubleCollegeInvolvedTheatreWoundsSavedRequirementsActing ClassesKnuckleheads Author:Jon Bernthal