Academy Quote by Richard McCabe

I got involved in the Surrey Country youth theatre which led me to go to drama school where I realised that this was going…

— Michael Ball

I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people…

— Jeremy Irvine

I went to drama school but soon realised I was terrible at acting, so I ditched drama school for art school.

— Prue Leith

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.

— Gena Rowlands

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 drama school at New York University.

— Molly Shannon

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong…

— Roger Rees

Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting.

— Christopher Jackson

I went to drama college in England - the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London. I was there for not quite two…

— Carrie Fisher

I spent two years trying to get into drama school.

— Rege-Jean Page

I found myself at Cambridge, loved my course, and met these amazing people who got me heavily involved. I presumed I would have to…

— Nicola Walker

I always wanted to go to a drama school.

— April Pearson