When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles.… — Ben Chaplin Copy Share Image
My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
'Hollyoaks' is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That's certainly… — Nico Mirallegro Copy Share Image
I didn't go to drama school. It wasn't in the pay grade of my family at all. I looked into some of… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you… — Taron Egerton Copy Share Image
You have to be able to hold up a mirror to your personality at drama school and recognise the flaws. That's hard… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on… — Delta Burke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My life plan was to get into drama school and become an actor, but it took me three years. I applied while… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course… — Penelope Mitchell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to have gone to drama school in London for three years, and that was classical training in the… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I… — Kelly Macdonald Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Drama school should set you up for failure in a really positive way, because your life as an actor is going to… — Sian Clifford Copy Share Image
I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the… — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
