Career Quote by Anne Reid

The only reason why I acted in school was because of the community, like I was in the chorus of every play, I was…

— John Krasinski

My career so far has been a marathon, not a sprint.

— Maria Sakkari

I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and…

— Keala Settle

I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave…

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

I decided to have a regular childhood and not pursue [acting] until I left school, although I wrote plays, directed plays, and got involved…

— Karl Urban

Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting, instead of…

— John Leguizamo

I had a brilliant drama teacher while I was at Roland Park: Ann Mainolfi. But the school was mostly rich in academics. It wasn't…

— Nicole Ari Parker

And even when I was 18, 19, 20 in college, I did a couple of plays in the drama society, I didn't want to…

— Eoin Macken

I was 20, naive and foolish. I spent a year auditioning for various drama schools but RADA was the one I liked most.

— Michael McElhatton

When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running.…

— Grete Waitz

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

— Anna Chlumsky

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude…

— Nelson Mandela