Convent Quote by Carol Drinkwater

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts…

— Donald Barthelme

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong…

— Roger Rees

I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to…

— Valerie Azlynn

My senior year at College Park, University of Maryland, I took an elective class in crime fiction taught by Charles C. Mish. He turned…

— George Pelecanos

Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly…

— Tamsin Greig

I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

— John Mahoney

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I…

— T. J. Miller

I went to school for theater and English literature.

— Ryan Serhant

I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.

— Laura Haddock

I went to London for drama school but I hated it.

— Daisy May Cooper

I went to drama college in England - the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London. I was there for not quite two…

— Carrie Fisher