American Quote by Mike Faist

I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high…

— Sharon Van Etten

I was a musical theater kid in high school.

— Rian Johnson

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 moved to New York to do a play when I was 18.

— John Gallagher, Jr

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

— Glenne Headly

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New…

— John Gallagher, Jr

I then moved to LA when I was 16... but before that I had done a play on Broadway.

— Danny Masterson

My mom put me into a performing arts elementary school back in Cincinnati, so I started studying acting in school when I was seven.

— KiKi Layne

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

— Donnie Wahlberg

I moved to New York when I was 17 for college.

— Diana Silvers

I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I…

— Jenna Ushkowitz