Editing Quote by Gyles Brandreth

I was the class clown, but I was also student body president in high school.

— John Ritter

I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round…

— Boots Riley

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

— Kristin Lehman

I was a conservative kid, but I had fun. I was in a fraternity and stuff. I wasn't a player - that's for sure.

— Matt Long

I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.

— Dean Haglund

Basically [I become a Republican], pretty early. I had an English teacher that got me to subscribe to the National Review.

— Jeff Sessions

I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back…

— Michael Moore

I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.

— Luis Fortuno

I was a musical theater kid in high school.

— Rian Johnson

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

— Jim Lehrer

I got into politics when I was eight years old.

— Jonathan Krohn

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

— Annamie Paul