The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I went to a lot of theatre. My parents were very involved with the performing arts. I went to nightclub shows when… — Lainie Kazan Copy Share Image
I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts. — Marla Sokoloff Copy Share Image
We've taken some performing arts schools on the set of 'Breaking Bad.' — Steven Michael Quezada Copy Share Image
Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school. — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue. — Kate Baldwin Copy Share Image
I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go… — Rachele Brooke Smith Copy Share Image
My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at… — Moby Copy Share Image
I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a… — Eden Sher Copy Share Image
I grew up with gay family members, and I went to a performing arts high school. So I grew up in children's… — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I was an arts kid in every form of the word you can imagine. I wanted to sing and dance and act… — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
My high school was the closest thing to hell on earth that exists. I was around a lot of ultra-preppy, very mean-spirited… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
I suppose that Paderewski can play superbly, if not quite at his best, while his thoughts wander to the other end of… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved… — Rainey Qualley Copy Share Image
My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of… — Lincoln Kirstein Copy Share Image
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College… — Jenna Ushkowitz Copy Share Image
I did musical theater, and I did dancing for what it was at the performing arts high school that I went to.… — Cassie Ventura Copy Share Image
I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I'm very much half-American - my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16, then I finished high… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female… — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
I'm the chairman of the board of the Actor's Fund. It's an incredible organization. It helps anybody that has made their living… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I went to Salford Tech. They did a two-year performing arts course. I went there singing and dancing - I had a… — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me.… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts,… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
![“I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior year, made some progress as a 16 year-old classical saxophone player. But not really... not like how the legit cats do. But I love the [Jacques] Ibert, love [Alexander] Glazunov, love…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c7/jon-gordon-1655_art_i-was-finishing-up-at-high-school-of-per_2762115.jpg)
