Academic life Quote by Lee Mack

I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go to film school.

— Raoul Peck

I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating…

— James Franco

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living…

— David Duchovny

In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years. I got…

— Mary Harron

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

— Dexter Fletcher

I actually came out of drama school and went into two years of working in film and television, which was a happy accident.

— Morfydd Clark

I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about…

— Dolph Lundgren

I studied business and also studied film, then I graduated, and I worked at a network. I was able to use my business skills…

— Manish Dayal

I was 19 or 20 when I was confused whether to take up films as a career. At that juncture, I enrolled in an…

— Naga Chaitanya

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

— Dermot Mulroney

I wanted to go to college to be a journalist and follow in my dad's work. And then I became an actor.

— Lana Condor

I dropped out of college before graduation. I opted to begin work as an actress.

— Sharmila Tagore