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In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher…

— Forest Whitaker

I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and was like,…

— Timothy Omundson

I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to…

— John Cullum

As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in.

— Tuppence Middleton

When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at…

— Orlando Bloom

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

— Millicent Simmonds

During the fourth year of college, I heard about auditions for a musical for which I got chosen. There after, I continued acting in…

— Shraddha Srinath

I was in theater school playing Lady Macbeth and doing these great dramatic parts, and then I got out into the real world and…

— Marielle Heller

I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day…

— Lesley Manville

I didn't particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got offered lots…

— Mark Rylance

I was like, 'I'm only going to do musical theater for the rest of my life. I'm never going to do TV.' And whenever…

— Gaten Matarazzo

I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do

— Ednita Nazario