Drama school Quotes · Page 4

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

I spent two years trying to get into drama school.

— Rege-Jean Page

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

— Gabriel Byrne

I didn't get into drama school after university. Looking back, I think I was really bad.

— Lolly Adefope

If I call myself an actor, it sounds like I'm trying to pass myself off as someone who went to drama school.

— Limmy

There's nothing like a good conservatory drama school to really get you ready for the work force.

— Abby Brammell

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned…

— Dustin Clare

You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative…

— Jonathan Pryce

The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not,…

— Tom Ellis

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

— Clive Owen

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

— Orlando Bloom

I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period, you had to be English-looking and blonde…

— Kaya Scodelario

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting.…

— James Earl Jones

I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I…

— Kelly Macdonald

I was very fortunate to have gone to drama school in London for three years, and that was classical training in the…

— Rose Leslie

I'd had to grow up pretty quickly, and going back to drama school gave me a chance to be with people my…

— Jessie Buckley

At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course…

— Penelope Mitchell

My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years. I applied while…

— Phoebe Fox

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and…

— Katie Leung

I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because…

— Naomie Harris

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first…

— Gina Bellman

My first job after drama school was with Stanley Kubrick. It was only a few lines in 'A Clockwork Orange', but I…

— Carol Drinkwater

If I had a child, I wouldn't let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there.

— Kate Winslet

About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving…

— Finn Jones

My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show.…

— Lily James

I desperately wanted to go to drama school and after that I've always been delighted to be offered employment - to view…

— Lesley Sharp

There are a lot of people at drama school that come from inherited wealth and it's an easier ride. I had to…

— Nicola Coughlan

I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s…

— Loudon Wainwright III

I love film, but it's funny going to drama school for three years, where you spend most of your time training for…

— Tuppence Middleton

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.

— Daniel Mays

My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a…

— Brian Blessed

In drama school, I learned I wasn't as good as I thought I was. But I loved stage combat, and I knew…

— Philip Winchester

I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as…

— Laura Carmichael

There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.

— Vicky McClure

All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing…

— Andre Holland

I've - to be honest with you, I've never had an acting lesson. But I've been at drama school for 50 years.

— Bradley Walsh

I remember a programme called 'The Boy From Space'. There was a black actor called Loftus Burton in it; he ended up…

— Danny John-Jules

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do…

— Matt Bomer

When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to…

— Rufus Sewell