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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. -- Bronagh Gallagher
Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class. -- Phil Lesh
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
There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. -- Eleanor Tomlinson
Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares. -- Anupam Kher
As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in. -- Tuppence Middleton
Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are. -- David Tennant
I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas. -- Tobias Lindholm
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I would tell anyone who wanted to be an actor not to bother with drama school. -- Marc Warren
I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school. -- Emilia Clarke
I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school. -- Celia Imrie
My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that. -- Jeremy Irons
I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school at all. -- Billie Whitelaw
At drama school, I was always playing the 11-year-old boys. -- Kit Harington
I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7. -- Delta Goodrem
When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke. -- Courtney B. Vance
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 was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on. -- Jessica Pare
I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. -- Natalie Dormer
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
Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean. -- Graham Norton
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney. -- Cate Blanchett
I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays. -- Joe Anderson
I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years. -- Albert Maltz
As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge. -- Jason Clarke
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See. -- Alan Cumming
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
In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.' -- Alan Cumming
I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity. -- Orlando Bloom
There's nothing like a good conservatory drama school to really get you ready for the work force. -- Abby Brammell
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. -- Cate Blanchett
I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. -- Brenton Thwaites
I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. -- Gemma Arterton
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 moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music. -- Mandy Patinkin
I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy. -- Andrew Buchan
I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years worth of graduates behind me. -- Samuel Barnett
I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film. -- Orlando Bloom
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. -- Clive Owen
There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered. -- Vicky McClure
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up. -- Martin Freeman
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 went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays. -- Casey Wilson
One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath. -- Elaine Paige
And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy. -- Robert Klein
At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions. -- Eva Green
I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much. -- Dominique McElligott
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. -- Thomas Howes
I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager. -- Brian Blessed
I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can't speak highly enough of that school. -- Brenton Thwaites
Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing - I just clung on. -- Lily James
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 is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. -- Emilia Clarke
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London. -- Ewan McGregor
One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment. -- Jacki Weaver
I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater. -- Elizabeth Olsen
I only ever wanted to be a model. This acting thing - three years of drama school - is an accident! -- Gwendoline Christie
In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama. -- Adam Lambert
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
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. -- Constance Marie
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 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
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
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
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school. -- Lily James
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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 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
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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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters. -- Lance Reddick
I think drama school really teaches you how to annunciate; you're conscious that people might not understand you if you speak too fast and too Welsh. -- Iwan Rheon
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
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
I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine. -- Jon Lovitz
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.' -- Miles Teller
I do know that when I look around in show business, I see a lot of people who were in my drama class in high school. -- Brent Spiner
I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon. -- Loudon Wainwright III
I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own. -- Ki Hong Lee
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
When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either. -- Anne-Marie Duff
I'd always wanted to go to drama school. My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years. -- Phoebe Fox
Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age. -- Adora Svitak
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
I went to drama school. I'm classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare's comedies over his dramas. -- Elizabeth Banks
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It's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the John Malkovich and Joan Allen roles. -- Roger Ebert
You don't learn acting, you nourish it. I don't regret not going to drama school because I was very afraid of all the lessons. I'm allergic to technicality. -- Romain Duris
I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid $75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money. -- John Hurt
The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient. -- Gary Oldman
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. -- Mitch Hewer

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