Drama school Quotes · Page 6

I went to drama school, where you learn to clown around a bit. You're walking around in leotards every day for three…

— Michaela Coel

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

— Brian Blessed

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

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have…

— Gary Oldman

The drama school was in Oxford - and it's funny to think of it, but in those days when I started out…

— Maggie Smith

I'd done acting at a local drama school on Saturdays. I just enjoyed it. It never entered my mind I could possibly…

— Jodie Comer

The most common experience in my life is rejection. I've done over 300 auditions. No amount of drama school training can prepare…

— Killian Scott

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family…

— Anne-Marie Duff

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

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

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood…

— David Oyelowo

Drama school should set you up for failure in a really positive way, because your life as an actor is going to…

— Sian Clifford

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

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

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

I applied to only one drama school - if I didn't get in, I would give up the whole notion. That's how…

— Ruth Jones

Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.

— Lily James

I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.

— Andrew Buchan

The most pressure I've ever felt to be brilliant was in drama school - those were the toughest auditions. I really wanted…

— Gustaf Skarsgard

In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.

— Taron Egerton

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.

— Lily James

The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.

— Naomie Harris

I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. But then a lady at the youth theatre asked…

— Michael Ball

I know the fact I've worked continuously since drama school means I fit a stereotype - the ingenue.

— Phoebe Fox

No actors worth their salt get through a single performance without forgetting their lines and bumping into the furniture. It's one of…

— Rebecca Front

I went to drama school but soon realised I was terrible at acting, so I ditched drama school for art school.

— Prue Leith

One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

— Jacki Weaver

I started acting when I was young, and I didn't go to drama school. It was always something that I did alongside…

— Bel Powley

I wish it was easier for young people to go to drama school. It is too expensive and there are so few…

— Tara Fitzgerald

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

— Martin Freeman

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

I did apply for drama school when I was 17, and I didn't get in; I had a really bad audition.

— Vanessa Kirby

My mom suggested studying acting in college, but I was a bit scared to choose that path because I couldn't wrap my…

— Karen Fukuhara

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 drama at school and when I was doubling Xena, one time for my birthday mom and dad bought me an…

— Zoe Bell

When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

— Linus Roache

I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.

— Samuel Barnett

I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard…

— Richard McCabe

There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.

— Andy Serkis