Academy Quote by Tim Henman

I knew from a young age that I wanted to perform. I went to an arts camp called Brookdale Arts Camp, in New Jersey,…

— Melissa Rauch

I was at art school that had quite a celebrated film course as well. I tried for that film course when I was 18,…

— Edgar Wright

I had a teacher/director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where I trained for a year, named Mary Duff, who taught me practically…

— Rosemary Harris

I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I followed in…

— Madeline Brewer

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

— Lindsay Wagner

I started doing repertory theatre in upstate New York when I was 15, went back when I was 16, and by that time decided…

— Holly Hunter

I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyone but myself. Then…

— Lesley Manville

Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative control. But…

— Holly Golightly

I graduated high school a year early and moved to New York when I was 17 to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

— Mike Faist

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.

— Russell Banks

My mom was a theater teacher and helped me out a lot as a kid when I was starting out.

— Peyton List

At 17, I became a member of the Boston Repertory Theatre. I had an opportunity pretty quickly and performed with the theater for six years.

— David Morse