Arthur Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch

My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director…

— Celia Imrie

I guess my performance at school was doing school musicals, so I was a knight as well at the back of the stage in…

— Chris Lilley

My first job after drama school was with Stanley Kubrick. It was only a few lines in 'A Clockwork Orange', but I was working…

— Carol Drinkwater

Another part of my background was that I was in film school.

— Tom Anderson

In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock' and 'Peter Gunn.' I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes…

— George Stevens, Jr

I was making short films and putting on plays at school. I was also in love with my teacher, so yeah - I was…

— Brett Goldstein

I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher…

— Kenneth Cranham

I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I could be one…

— Kimberley Nixon

I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I…

— Jack Whitehall

I was inspired by Cary Grant. I wanted to do the kind of work he did and to work in light-hearted roles, in comedies.

— Robert Vaughn

I was an ordinary student at school and, at the same time, an actor. But I was not the popular kid, which helped me…

— Tom Holland

'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It was really fun, but for me,…

— Essie Davis