“Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But when your head is encased in that microcosm it's the most serious time of your life.” WorldSchoolSeriousHigh SchoolAdultsPremisesUnspokenMicrocosmTime Of Your Life Author:Rian Johnson
“I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada. I was also acting in a wonderfully supportive theatre community in Edmonton. There's a lot of support for theatre there. So, I was having a great time, but I didn't consider acting as a serious career initially, because even the most successful actors that I know in Edmonton are not super successful. Acting over there is just not a success-oriented career.” KnowsSchoolActorsCommunityActingCareersSupportStudySuccessfulTeacherSeriousHigh SchoolUniversityTheatreCanadaSupportiveGreat TimesSchool TeachersAlbertaHigh School TeachersEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“I feel Britannia High is aimed at an older audience than High School Musical. Britannia High is more of a serious drama, with the music and dance on top.” FeelsSchoolAudienceSeriousDramaHigh SchoolMusicalMusic And DanceHigh School Musical Author:Mitch Hewer
“That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy away.' So I went to this Bible study thinking I was going to make this guy fall in love with me. I was fourteen. Hey, you know. But I was so overwhelmed by what they were talking about at this Bible study. I became a very serious, committed Christian.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSchoolChristianGuyHateFallReadingTalkingStudyHappenedSeriousHigh SchoolDatingI HateFalling In LoveCommittedNineStealingHeyOverwhelmedThis GuyBible StudyFourteenNine YearsNashvilleFreshmanHey YouOlder SisterMimiCutest Author:Amy Grant
“I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.” SchoolStudyFootballSeriousHigh SchoolTrackRanJuniorsJunior High Author:George Smoot
“I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.” WantSchoolArtistActorsSeriousHigh SchoolTheatreBeing An ArtistPrinceton Author:John Lithgow
“I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was interested in it. I hadn't really gotten super serious about it and I'd done a lot of student politics in high school. I really think it would be interesting and fun and challenging to go into politics.” ThinkingDoneWould BeSchoolFunChallengesInterestingStudentsCollegeSeriousDegreesHigh SchoolEconomicsLawyerHeadings Author:Jay Roach
“I've been rapping and writing since junior high school, just having fun with it as a hobby. Then I got signed to a label Poe Boy Entertainment four years ago, I started taking it serious about a year and a half, two years ago.” WritingYearsTwoSchoolFunHalfBoysFourSeriousHigh SchoolYears AgoEntertainmentRapLabelsHaving FunTwo YearsFour YearsHobbiesJuniorsJunior HighTwo Years AgoJust Have FunHigh School Junior Author:Jacki-O
“I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and was like, "No, I'm a serious actor. I want to do Shakespeare. I want to do classical theater." I took myself very seriously.” WantSchoolActorsCollegeSeriousHigh SchoolTheater Author:Timothy Omundson
“I only auditioned at four schools. I started performing and studying when I was in middle school, and then as I got into high school, it just got more serious. I feel like it became more of a vocation. It became clear to me at that point that I wanted to pursue it.” FeelsWantedSchoolStudyClearFourMiddleSeriousHigh SchoolPursuePerformingVocationMiddle School Author:Zachary Quinto
“I started making music for fun maybe my senior year in college. I started rapping in high school, but it wasn't anything serious.” YearsSchoolFunCollegeSeriousHigh SchoolRapSeniorSenior Year Author:Cakes da killa
“[John] Hughes was well aware that to ignore the seriousness of young people is to encourage things like Columbine, so you might want to listen. And we were all pretty serious, a little bit, in high school. Some a little more than others.” PeopleWantWellsLittlesMightSchoolYoungBitsSeriousLittle BitHigh SchoolSeriousnessColumbine Author:Judd Nelson