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title: "8 Youth Theater Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company, and later, my degree course, all helped form my love of telling stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-chadwick/manchester-youth-theater-then-the-national-student-theater-company/)

[Justin Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-chadwick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/justin-chadwick-37112_actor_manchester-youth-theater-then-the-nation_63086.jpg)

> [I was very fortunate that a teacher saw that I read a lot and got bored very easily and had a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-chadwick/i-was-very-fortunate-that-a-teacher-saw-that-i-read-a-lot-and-got/)

[Justin Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-chadwick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/justin-chadwick-37112_actor_i-was-very-fortunate-that-a-teacher-saw_200185.jpg)

> [I'm a kid who did stock and summer youth theater where we'd put up two shows and you had no rehearsal. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-murphy/i-m-a-kid-who-did-stock-and-summer-youth-theater-where-we-d-put-up/)

[Donna Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/donna-murphy-73185_actor_i-m-a-kid-who-did-stock-and-summer-youth_332866.jpg)

> [I used to work at a Youth Theater and I worked on directing a variation of 'Beauty and the Beast.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harris-dickinson/i-used-to-work-at-a-youth-theater-and-i-worked-on-directing-a/)

[Harris Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harris-dickinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/harris-dickinson-6060_actor_i-used-to-work-at-a-youth-theater-and-i_583040.jpg)

> [A friend of mine once, when I was 11 years old, mentioned that there was a youth theater, a local amateur youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/a-friend-of-mine-once-when-i-was-11-years-old-mentioned-that-there/)

[Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/aneurin-barnard-12075_actor_a-friend-of-mine-once-when-i-was-11-year_648543.jpg)

> [I was really bored in school because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, which was act. And then when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/i-was-really-bored-in-school-because-i-couldn-t-do-what-i-wanted-to/)

[Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/aneurin-barnard-12075_business_i-was-really-bored-in-school-because-i-c_1887843.jpg)

> [I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-stone/i-always-loved-acting-and-improv-and-sketch-comedy-and-theater-which/)

[Emma Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/emma-stone-1673_acting_i-always-loved-acting-and-improv-and-ske_2998143.jpg)

> [I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-oyelowo/i-know-for-a-fact-the-reason-i-m-an-actor-is-because-one-two-maybe/)

[David Oyelowo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-oyelowo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/david-oyelowo-7952_actor_i-know-for-a-fact-the-reason-i-m-an-acto_3193713.jpg)

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