Actor Quote by Linda Lavin

I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.

— Christopher Guest

Got a degree in acting and actually double majored in musical theatre. And then I came straight to New York and started working.

— Dan Amboyer

I went to drama school at New York University.

— Molly Shannon

I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to…

— Mamie Gummer

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have…

— Carole King

I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department.…

— Merritt Wever

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind…

— Randy Rainbow

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

— Michaela Conlin

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major…

— Jon Lovitz

I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You hustle, you…

— Jackee Harry

I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went…

— Rachael Harris