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> [In a world where you graduate with a theater degree from college, you gotta find your bread job. You gotta find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-rothwell/in-a-world-where-you-graduate-with-a-theater-degree-from-college-you/)

[Natasha Rothwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-rothwell/)

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> [I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/i-feel-like-being-on-broadway-will-convince-my-mother-that-my-theater/)

[Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/)

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> [My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-britton/my-whole-background-is-theater-and-theater-is-to-some-degree/)

[Connie Britton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-britton/)

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> [Teaching theater, I felt very lucky. In a world where there's few options for someone who graduates with a theater degree, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-rothwell/teaching-theater-i-felt-very-lucky-in-a-world-where-there-s-few/)

[Natasha Rothwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-rothwell/)

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> [I can never remember a time when I didn't want to be an actress, to be honest. And so, all through high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikaela-hoover/i-can-never-remember-a-time-when-i-didn-t-want-to-be-an-actress-to-be/)

[Mikaela Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikaela-hoover/)

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> [I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-farr/i-used-to-teach-acting-in-a-maximum-security-men-s-prison-i-worked/)

[Diane Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-farr/)

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> [I graduated from a place called Whitworth College in Spokane with a theater degree, then in 1993 I moved to L.A. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-st-john/i-graduated-from-a-place-called-whitworth-college-in-spokane-with-a/)

[Trevor St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-st-john/)

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> [There's a part of me that wishes I had gone to school and gotten a business degree, because I almost wonder if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-fischer/there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wishes-i-had-gone-to-school-and-gotten-a/)

[Jenna Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenna-fischer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/jenna-fischer-8586_business_there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wishes-i-had-g_2429381.jpg)

> [I was like, I can't just be going to school willy-nilly. No theater degree for me. I need to go into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robby-hoffman/i-was-like-i-can-t-just-be-going-to-school-willy-nilly-no-theater/)

[Robby Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robby-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/robby-hoffman-9673_accounting_i-was-like-i-can-t-just-be-going-to-scho_920831.jpg)

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