A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a broadcaster, sportscaster, or gameshow host from a very early age. I did my first broadcasting when I… — Ralph Strangis Copy Share Image
I felt I ought not to be wasting time, and I hurried to graduate from high school to enroll at UCSD. I… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
I was born in Amersham, England on 6/4/58. My family moved to Australia when I was eight, and I went to Box… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
DonorsChoose was conceived at a Bronx public high school where I taught social studies for five years. In the teachers' lunch room,… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
Before we got to high school, we created a bond that we told each other we weren't going to leave each other… — Shaquill Griffin Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call myself hot. I looked about 10 years old until the summer of my junior year [of high school]. I… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
I think I'm slightly older than the generation that was really bred on social media - I had Facebook in high school,… — Emily Meade Copy Share Image
In high school, theater was all I ever wanted to do. I didnt see that I was going to set it aside… — Mare Winningham Copy Share Image
I don't think people realize why weaves and the cultural appropriation of black hairstyles are so sensitive. It's deep-rooted. For me, it… — Kiersey Clemons Copy Share Image
I definitely was inspired by drama teachers in high school named Mr. Walsh and Ms. O'Neil, and both of them were very… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
I had been doing all my school plays, elementary school, middle school, and high school, and then summer. I'd wanted to act… — Christopher Mintz-Plasse Copy Share Image
I hate mirrors; every time I look in one I see things that could be improved. If I could give my younger… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
You see that someone in an unexpected place. You lock eyes and feel like a disgrace. You've honestly thought you've got over… — Jade Surette Copy Share Image
My mom was very disappointed when I came out as a Republican in high school. And being a Republican in high school… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
I did stand up first in high school, joined an improv group in college, kept doing stand up after that, no one… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In high school no guys wanted to be in a band with me unless I was going to play bass or play… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
“Extraordinary—that Willowdale Academy and Calvin Coolidge High School should both be institutions of learning! The contrast is stunning. I had a leisurely… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
In high school I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Gotta have safety at our borders. We're a sovereign nation, gotta protect our borders. Make sure the workplace doesn't become a magnet… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
“What grinds me the most is we're sending kids out into the world who don't know how to balance a checkbook, don't… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I always grew up around acting. I did commercials as a kid and all that kind of stuff and my oldest brother… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns,… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
“By the time we were in high school the only difference was that we were talking about how J.D. didn't know that… — Amy Garvey Copy Share Image
I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
In high school, I was doing my magazine 'Rookie' and a lot of writing, and I became a little less interested in… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
The world is colors and motion, feelings and thoughts and what does math have to do with it? Not much, if 'math'… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
I always acted in high school. Actually, I started in preschool. I was in a play about Jesus. I went to a… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
“People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine. . . . I always wondered, ''Why has nobody… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not,… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
College was pivotal for me. It broadened my horizons, taught me to think and question, and introduced me to many things -… — John E Ferling Copy Share Image
“I'd heard there were some gay girls in senior year who were dating each other right out in the open. But not… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
In high school I had a boyfriend who was super into rap, so I was into Too $hort and Wu-Tang for a… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
I went to the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, where I had a teacher really named Edward Shakespeare. He was a… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image