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My parents were married for sixty-five years, and I was married for about ten minutes, my first year at Yale Drama School. Something, somehow, didn't get passed on to my generation. -- Lewis Black
When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke. -- Courtney B. Vance
I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years. -- Albert Maltz
I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music. -- Mandy Patinkin
But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there. -- Robert Klein
I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers. -- Sigourney Weaver
I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976. -- Pierce Brosnan
I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school. -- Emilia Clarke
My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that. -- Jeremy Irons
A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school. -- Eva Green
Not having gone to drama school, I always feel like a bit of a fraud, but so far it looks as though I've not been found out. -- Sheridan Smith
I never went to a drama school or anything. I just gave it my best shot, and everyone seemed to like it, so I carried on doing it. -- Thomas Sangster
If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor. -- Peter Capaldi
I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material. -- Orlando Bloom
When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. -- Rufus Sewell
So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know? -- James Earl Jones
I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school. -- Katie Leung
I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my home town the whole time. However, I see more of my friends now than I did then. It's strange. -- James McAvoy
I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going. -- Michael Weatherly
When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it's not fair that others aren't doing exactly what you're doing. I do have that. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.' -- Ian Mckellen
Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good. -- Diane Kruger
My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy - it's related to the word 'bacchanal' - and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires. -- Hugh Jackman
I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified actor.' But I did think that 'House' was something I didn't have to apologise for. It was something I was really proud of and it was sort of... whether you liked it or not, it was undeniable. -- Hugh Laurie
When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from. -- Ben Chaplin
There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year at drama school once said to me that I was terrifyingly ambitious back then. Which was not at all what I felt at the time - I felt paralysed with shyness, though that evaporated. -- Jennifer Ehle
You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A lot of that stuff, we used in drama school, and that was kind of interesting, to realize my teachers sort of ripped off a lot of Jung. And how much of it is part of our society now, these phrases, introvert and extrovert, where it actually came from. -- Michael Fassbender
What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe. -- Joan Collins
I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff. -- Imogen Poots
I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see. -- Omar Dorsey
I never went to drama school. -- Matthew Lewis
I started drama in high school. -- Daniel Cudmore
I went to drama school in Scotland. -- Richard Madden
I always wanted to go to a drama school. -- April Pearson
I went to drama school at New York University. -- Molly Shannon
I failed the audition to get into drama school. -- Peter Capaldi
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I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. -- Harvey Korman
At drama school, I was always playing the 11-year-old boys. -- Kit Harington
Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares. -- Anupam Kher
I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7. -- Delta Goodrem
There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. -- Eleanor Tomlinson
As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school. -- Megan Gallagher
Drama class was one of the only areas at school I responded to. -- Orlando Bloom
I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. -- Natalie Dormer
I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on. -- Jessica Pare
Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean. -- Graham Norton
Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world. -- Jason Statham
I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along. -- Agyness Deyn
Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are. -- David Tennant
As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in. -- Tuppence Middleton
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In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See. -- Alan Cumming
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney. -- Cate Blanchett
As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge. -- Jason Clarke
I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays. -- Joe Anderson
I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity. -- Orlando Bloom
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.' -- Alan Cumming
I would tell anyone who wanted to be an actor not to bother with drama school. -- Marc Warren
I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school. -- Celia Imrie
I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. -- Brenton Thwaites
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. -- Cate Blanchett
I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. -- Gemma Arterton
There's nothing like a good conservatory drama school to really get you ready for the work force. -- Abby Brammell
I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy. -- Andrew Buchan
Even at drama school if there was a part of some eastern European thug it would be me. -- Alfred Molina
I think so often you can come out of drama school and get thrown in the deep end. -- Michelle Dockery
I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years worth of graduates behind me. -- Samuel Barnett
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up. -- Martin Freeman
I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film. -- Orlando Bloom
There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered. -- Vicky McClure
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. -- Clive Owen
One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath. -- Elaine Paige
I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays. -- Casey Wilson
All they teach you in drama school is how to do stage fights and be a pain in rehearsals. -- Craig Ferguson
The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year. -- Amanda Hale
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. -- Thomas Howes
I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much. -- Dominique McElligott
And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy. -- Robert Klein
I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can't speak highly enough of that school. -- Brenton Thwaites
At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions. -- Eva Green
I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school at all. -- Billie Whitelaw
I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager. -- Brian Blessed
If I had a child, I wouldn't let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there. -- Kate Winslet
Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing - I just clung on. -- Lily James
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training. -- Brenda Blethyn
I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in. -- James McAvoy
One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment. -- Jacki Weaver
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London. -- Ewan McGregor
I only ever wanted to be a model. This acting thing - three years of drama school - is an accident! -- Gwendoline Christie
I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater. -- Elizabeth Olsen
In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama. -- Adam Lambert
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. -- Emilia Clarke
You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it. -- Kaya Scodelario
Sometimes relationships are short, sometimes long, sometimes they're very deep and intense, and drama school is a hell of a learning curve. -- Sophie Cookson
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. -- Constance Marie
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. -- Constance Marie
I was kicked out of drama school in 1976, aged 18, for vandalising the headmistress's tyres, after being there for less than a year. -- Ray Winstone
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play. -- Chris Gabrieli
I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. -- Olivia Colman
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Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school. -- Lily James
Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all. -- Imelda Staunton
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
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I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. -- Kaya Scodelario
I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years. -- Lake Bell
I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays. -- Richard C. Armitage
I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays. -- Richard C. Armitage
In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet. -- Dawn French
All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing for me. -- Andre Holland
I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school. -- Rebel Wilson
I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19. -- Dustin Clare
My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was Just William. It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel. -- Lily James
I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and musicals. -- Missi Pyle
There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had. -- Ed Speleers
I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks. -- Carmen Ejogo
I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but surely I got roles. -- Jean Reno
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. -- Conleth Hill

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